---
id: CVE-2026-54262
aliases:
  - GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c
title: >-
  Wagtail: Pages translations can be created without page permissions when using
  simple_translation
summary: >-
  Wagtail: Pages translations can be created without page permissions when using
  simple_translation
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cwe:
  - CWE-280
vendor: wagtail
product: wagtail
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - wagtail < 7.0.8
  - 'wagtail >= 7.1, < 7.3.3'
  - 'wagtail >= 7.4, < 7.4.2'
patched:
  - wagtail 7.0.8
  - wagtail 7.3.3
  - wagtail 7.4.2
published: '2026-08-20'
updated: '2026-08-20'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54262'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/wagtail/PYSEC-2026-615.yaml
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - pip
epss: 0.0027
epssPercentile: 0.19488
ingestedAt: '2026-08-20T18:59:54.451Z'
---

## Overview

### Impact
A low-level user with the "Can submit translation" permission can create translations for any page, including those they do not have permissions for.

### Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2.

### Workarounds
N/A

### Acknowledgements

Many thanks to @devansh3008 and @alanturing881 for reporting this issue.

### For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

* Visit Wagtail's [support channels](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/support.html)
* Email us at [security@wagtail.org](mailto:security@wagtail.org) (view our [security policy](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/policy) for more information).

## Affected packages

- `wagtail < 7.0.8`
- `wagtail >= 7.1, < 7.3.3`
- `wagtail >= 7.4, < 7.4.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `wagtail 7.0.8`
- `wagtail 7.3.3`
- `wagtail 7.4.2`