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CVE-2026-63003 (GCVE-0-2026-63003)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 18:09 – Updated: 2026-08-21 21:46

Title

django CMS: Broken access control in page *Duplicate* allows reading the content of any page (cross-site / restriction bypass)

Summary

django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.9, page duplication lacks an object-level authorization check on the source page. In cms/admin/forms.py, DuplicatePageForm.source accepts any Page, the AddPageForm constructor does not narrow a hidden source field, AddPageForm.clean does not validate the source against the user, and AddPageForm.save calls from_source. In cms/admin/pageadmin.py, duplicate and PageAdmin.has_add_permission check only whether a staff user may add a page. A crafted source value can therefore copy every placeholder and plugin from an unauthorized page with permissions=False, stripping source view restrictions and exposing content across sites or restricted subtrees when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.9.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-21 20:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8713	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/3…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
django-cms	django-cms	Affected: < 5.0.9	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-63003

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-20 19:16 - Updated: 2026-09-18 20:09

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/3e1ccf7573eb1a74ebbbfaaa812c1f5cadf14e6c
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8713
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.0.9
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-6x92-6vx4-5fwr

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-6X92-6VX4-5FWR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-20 18:42 – Updated: 2026-08-20 18:42

Summary

django CMS: Broken access control in page *Duplicate* allows reading the content of any page (cross-site / restriction bypass)

Details

Impact

The only authorization gate on the duplicate flow is PageAdmin.has_add_permission, which checks user_can_add_page(user, site) / user_can_add_subpage(...) — i.e. “may this user create a page at all”. Nothing checks the user’s relationship to the page being copied:

cms/admin/forms.py — DuplicatePageForm.source = ModelChoiceField(queryset=Page.objects.all(), widget=HiddenInput()) spans every page in the database, on every site.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.__init__ returns early when the source widget is hidden, so the queryset is never narrowed to the user’s site/subtree.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.clean() validates only URL uniqueness; source is never validated against the user.
cms/admin/pageadmin.py — duplicate() seeds source from the URL only on GET; on POST the value comes entirely from the request body.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.save() → from_source() performs source.copy(..., permissions=False) and copies every placeholder and all plugins of source into a new page on the attacker’s site. Because permissions=False drops the source’s view restrictions, the resulting copy is fully readable by the attacker.

This crosses a real privilege boundary: a staff user restricted (via CMS_PERMISSION) to their own site or subtree can exfiltrate the content of restricted pages and of pages belonging to other tenants.

Read-back is trivial (verified): the copy is created on the attacker’s site and, because copy(..., permissions=False) strips the source’s view restrictions, the new page is unrestricted. user_can_view_page() then returns True for it (unrestricted + PUBLIC_FOR), so the attacker — or even an anonymous visitor — can read the duplicated content directly from the front end. No further permission on the new page is required.

Proof of concept

Log in as a staff user attacker who has add page permission but no view/change permission on a target (secret / other-site) page SECRET_ID.
Send (the URL <id> only needs to be a PageContent the attacker can already see — e.g. one of their own pages; the victim id goes in the POST body):

POST /admin/cms/pagecontent/<MY_OWN_PAGECONTENT_ID>/duplicate/ HTTP/1.1
Cookie: sessionid=<attacker session>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

csrfmiddlewaretoken=...&title=x&slug=x&language=en&source=<SECRET_ID>

A new, unrestricted page is created under the attacker’s site containing a verbatim copy of the secret page’s plugins, which the attacker can now preview/edit/read.

Patches

Enforce an object-level permission check on source:

class DuplicatePageForm(AddPageForm):
    source = forms.ModelChoiceField(
        queryset=Page.objects.all(),
        required=True,
        widget=forms.HiddenInput(),
    )

    def clean_source(self):
        source = self.cleaned_data.get("source")
        if source and not user_can_view_page(self._user, source):
            raise ValidationError(_("You do not have permission to copy this page."))
        return source

(user_can_view_page is imported from cms.utils.page_permissions.)

Workarounds

Until patched, restrict access to the cms.add_page permission to fully-trusted staff, or disable the duplicate action for delegated/limited editors.

References

cms/admin/pageadmin.py — duplicate(), has_add_permission(), get_urls()
cms/admin/forms.py — DuplicatePageForm, AddPageForm.__init__/clean/save/from_source
Regression tests: cms/tests/test_forms.py::DuplicatePageFormSecurityTestCase

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-6x92-6vx4-5fwr"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8713"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/3e1ccf7573eb1a74ebbbfaaa812c1f5cadf14e6c"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.0.9"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "django CMS: Broken access control in page *Duplicate* allows reading the content of any page (cross-site / restriction bypass)"
}

PYSEC-2026-3821

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-09-10 09:44 - Updated: 2026-09-10 11:02

Details

Impact

cms/admin/forms.py — DuplicatePageForm.source = ModelChoiceField(queryset=Page.objects.all(), widget=HiddenInput()) spans every page in the database, on every site.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.__init__ returns early when the source widget is hidden, so the queryset is never narrowed to the user’s site/subtree.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.clean() validates only URL uniqueness; source is never validated against the user.
cms/admin/pageadmin.py — duplicate() seeds source from the URL only on GET; on POST the value comes entirely from the request body.
cms/admin/forms.py — AddPageForm.save() → from_source() performs source.copy(..., permissions=False) and copies every placeholder and all plugins of source into a new page on the attacker’s site. Because permissions=False drops the source’s view restrictions, the resulting copy is fully readable by the attacker.

Proof of concept

Log in as a staff user attacker who has add page permission but no view/change permission on a target (secret / other-site) page SECRET_ID.
Send (the URL <id> only needs to be a PageContent the attacker can already see — e.g. one of their own pages; the victim id goes in the POST body):

POST /admin/cms/pagecontent/<MY_OWN_PAGECONTENT_ID>/duplicate/ HTTP/1.1
Cookie: sessionid=<attacker session>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

csrfmiddlewaretoken=...&title=x&slug=x&language=en&source=<SECRET_ID>

A new, unrestricted page is created under the attacker’s site containing a verbatim copy of the secret page’s plugins, which the attacker can now preview/edit/read.

Patches

Enforce an object-level permission check on source:

class DuplicatePageForm(AddPageForm):
    source = forms.ModelChoiceField(
        queryset=Page.objects.all(),
        required=True,
        widget=forms.HiddenInput(),
    )

    def clean_source(self):
        source = self.cleaned_data.get("source")
        if source and not user_can_view_page(self._user, source):
            raise ValidationError(_("You do not have permission to copy this page."))
        return source

(user_can_view_page is imported from cms.utils.page_permissions.)

Workarounds

Until patched, restrict access to the cms.add_page permission to fully-trusted staff, or disable the duplicate action for delegated/limited editors.

References

cms/admin/pageadmin.py — duplicate(), has_add_permission(), get_urls()
cms/admin/forms.py — DuplicatePageForm, AddPageForm.__init__/clean/save/from_source
Regression tests: cms/tests/test_forms.py::DuplicatePageFormSecurityTestCase

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
django-cms	pkg:pypi/django-cms

Aliases

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "django-cms",
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    "CVE-2026-63003",
    "GHSA-6x92-6vx4-5fwr"
  ],
  "details": "## Impact\n\nThe only authorization gate on the duplicate flow is `PageAdmin.has_add_permission`,\nwhich checks `user_can_add_page(user, site)` / `user_can_add_subpage(...)` \u2014 i.e. *\u201cmay\nthis user create a page at all\u201d*. Nothing checks the user\u2019s relationship to the page being\ncopied:\n\n- `cms/admin/forms.py` \u2014 `DuplicatePageForm.source = ModelChoiceField(queryset=Page.objects.all(), widget=HiddenInput())`\n  spans **every page in the database, on every site**.\n- `cms/admin/forms.py` \u2014 `AddPageForm.__init__` returns early when the `source` widget is\n  hidden, so the queryset is **never narrowed** to the user\u2019s site/subtree.\n- `cms/admin/forms.py` \u2014 `AddPageForm.clean()` validates only URL uniqueness; `source` is\n  never validated against the user.\n- `cms/admin/pageadmin.py` \u2014 `duplicate()` seeds `source` from the URL **only on GET**; on\n  POST the value comes entirely from the request body.\n- `cms/admin/forms.py` \u2014 `AddPageForm.save()` \u2192 `from_source()` performs\n  `source.copy(..., permissions=False)` and copies **every placeholder and all plugins** of\n  `source` into a new page on the attacker\u2019s site. Because `permissions=False` drops the\n  source\u2019s view restrictions, the resulting copy is fully readable by the attacker.\n\nThis crosses a real privilege boundary: a staff user restricted (via `CMS_PERMISSION`) to\ntheir own site or subtree can exfiltrate the content of restricted pages and of pages\nbelonging to other tenants.\n\n**Read-back is trivial (verified):** the copy is created on the attacker\u2019s site and, because\n`copy(..., permissions=False)` strips the source\u2019s view restrictions, the new page is\n*unrestricted*. `user_can_view_page()` then returns `True` for it (unrestricted +\n`PUBLIC_FOR`), so the attacker \u2014 or even an anonymous visitor \u2014 can read the duplicated\ncontent directly from the front end. No further permission on the new page is required.\n\n## Proof of concept\n\n1. Log in as a staff user `attacker` who has *add page* permission but **no** view/change\n   permission on a target (secret / other-site) page `SECRET_ID`.\n2. Send (the URL `\u003cid\u003e` only needs to be a `PageContent` the attacker can already see \u2014\n   e.g. one of their own pages; the victim id goes in the POST body):\n\n```http\nPOST /admin/cms/pagecontent/\u003cMY_OWN_PAGECONTENT_ID\u003e/duplicate/ HTTP/1.1\nCookie: sessionid=\u003cattacker session\u003e\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n\ncsrfmiddlewaretoken=...\u0026title=x\u0026slug=x\u0026language=en\u0026source=\u003cSECRET_ID\u003e\n```\n\n3. A new, unrestricted page is created under the attacker\u2019s site containing a verbatim\n   copy of the secret page\u2019s plugins, which the attacker can now preview/edit/read.\n\n## Patches \n\nEnforce an object-level permission check on `source`:\n\n```python\nclass DuplicatePageForm(AddPageForm):\n    source = forms.ModelChoiceField(\n        queryset=Page.objects.all(),\n        required=True,\n        widget=forms.HiddenInput(),\n    )\n\n    def clean_source(self):\n        source = self.cleaned_data.get(\"source\")\n        if source and not user_can_view_page(self._user, source):\n            raise ValidationError(_(\"You do not have permission to copy this page.\"))\n        return source\n```\n\n(`user_can_view_page` is imported from `cms.utils.page_permissions`.)\n\n## Workarounds\n\nUntil patched, restrict access to the `cms.add_page` permission to fully-trusted staff, or\ndisable the duplicate action for delegated/limited editors.\n\n## References\n\n- `cms/admin/pageadmin.py` \u2014 `duplicate()`, `has_add_permission()`, `get_urls()`\n- `cms/admin/forms.py` \u2014 `DuplicatePageForm`, `AddPageForm.__init__/clean/save/from_source`\n- Regression tests: `cms/tests/test_forms.py::DuplicatePageFormSecurityTestCase`",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-3821",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T11:02:03.431854Z",
  "published": "2026-09-10T09:44:52.697049Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-6x92-6vx4-5fwr"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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  "summary": "django CMS: Broken access control in page *Duplicate* allows reading the content of any page (cross-site / restriction bypass)"
}

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