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CVE-2019-16766
2FA bypass in Wagtail through new device path
High8.7EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
When using wagtail-2fa before 1.3.0, if someone gains access to someone's Wagtail login credentials, they can log into the CMS and bypass the 2FA check by changing the URL. They can then add a new device and gain full access to the CMS. This problem has been patched in version 1.3.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.3.0 – < 1.3.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIwagtail-2faGHSA-89px-ww3j-g2mm (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/LabD/wagtail-2fa/security/advisories/GHSA-89px-ww3j-g2mm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/labd/wagtail-2fa/commit/a6711b29711729005770ff481b22675b35ff5c81 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/labd/wagtail-2fa/commit/13b12995d35b566df08a17257a23863ab6efb0ca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-89px-ww3j-g2mm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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