CVE-2020-5240

2FA bypass through deleting devices in wagtail-2fa

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 13, 2020 at 09:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWagtail 2FA

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

In wagtail-2fa before 1.4.1, any user with access to the CMS can view and delete other users 2FA devices by going to the correct path. The user does not require special permissions in order to do so. By deleting the other users device they can disable the target users 2FA devices and potentially compromise the account if they figure out their password. The problem has been patched in version 1.4.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.4.1
Affected range stops below 1.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-285CWE-863

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