{"id":"CVE-2026-54624","aliases":["EUVD-2026-63567","GHSA-vgxm-h9gx-h9w7","PYSEC-2026-3826"],"status":"published","title":"django CMS: Structure endpoint bypasses page-view permission","description":"django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8, render_object_structure in cms/views.py renders cms/toolbar/structure.html for a PageContent object without calling user_can_view_page(). Any staff account can request a restricted page’s structure when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled and the page has view restrictions or CMS_PUBLIC_FOR is set to staff. The response exposes plugin get_short_description() values, including link names, URLs, and text snippets, rather than only the page shape. 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Prior to 5.0.8, render_object_structure in cms/views.py renders cms/toolbar/structure.html for a PageContent object without calling user_can_view_page(). Any staff account can request a restricted page’s structure when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled and the page has view restrictions or CMS_PUBLIC_FOR is set to staff. The response exposes plugin get_short_description() values, including link names, URLs, and text snippets, rather than only the page shape. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T18:04:38.766Z","modified":"2026-08-20T19:46:10.95Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:38:09.774038Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-63567","description":"django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8, render_object_structure in cms/views.py renders cms/toolbar/structure.html for a PageContent object without calling user_can_view_page(). Any staff account can request a restricted page’s structure when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled and the page has view restrictions or CMS_PUBLIC_FOR is set to staff. The response exposes plugin get_short_description() values, including link names, URLs, and text snippets, rather than only the page shape. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T18:04:38Z","modified":"2026-08-20T19:46:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:38.846525Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-vgxm-h9gx-h9w7","title":"django CMS: Structure endpoint bypasses page-view permission","description":"### Summary\nThe structure-board endpoint (`render_object_structure`) renders a page's plugin structure without verifying that the requesting user is allowed to view the page. The edit and preview endpoints enforce this via `render_page()`, but the structure endpoint does not, allowing a low-privileged staff user to read the plugin structure of a view-restricted page.\n\n### Details\n`render_object_structure` (in `cms/views.py`) loads the `PageContent` object and renders `cms/toolbar/structure.html` directly. Unlike `render_object_endpoint` (used by edit/preview), which renders through `render_pagecontent` → `render_page` and calls `user_can_view_page(request.user, page)` (returning 404 when the user may not view the page), the structure endpoint performs no page-level authorization.\n\nThe rendered structure board includes each plugin's `get_short_description()`  (e.g. link names/URLs, text snippets), so the content of a restricted page is disclosed, not just its shape.\n\n### Impact\nA staff user (any account with `is_staff=True`) who lacks view permission on a  view-restricted page can retrieve that page's plugin structure and short descriptions by requesting the structure endpoint with the page's content-type id and object id.\n\nThis only applies when `CMS_PERMISSION=True` and the page has view restrictions (or `CMS_PUBLIC_FOR='staff'`). Sites without per-page view restrictions are not affected.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 5.0.8: the structure endpoint now enforces `user_can_view_page()` for `PageContent` objects, matching edit/preview.\n\n### Workarounds\nNone other than restricting staff access. Upgrade is recommended.\n\n### Credits\nReported by the security team at the University of Sydney ([@reporter]).","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T18:42:16Z","modified":"2026-08-20T18:42:19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:04.755504Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-54624","description":"django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8, render_object_structure in cms/views.py renders cms/toolbar/structure.html for a PageContent object without calling user_can_view_page(). Any staff account can request a restricted page’s structure when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled and the page has view restrictions or CMS_PUBLIC_FOR is set to staff. The response exposes plugin get_short_description() values, including link names, URLs, and text snippets, rather than only the page shape. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T19:16:55.583Z","modified":"2026-10-26T10:10:00.14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:40.302911Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-54624","title":"django CMS: Structure endpoint bypasses page-view permission","description":"django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8, render_object_structure in cms/views.py renders cms/toolbar/structure.html for a PageContent object without calling user_can_view_page(). Any staff account can request a restricted page’s structure when CMS_PERMISSION is enabled and the page has view restrictions or CMS_PUBLIC_FOR is set to staff. The response exposes plugin get_short_description() values, including link names, URLs, and text snippets, rather than only the page shape. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T18:04:38.766Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55.751424115Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:10.818486Z"},{"id":"GHSA-vgxm-h9gx-h9w7","title":"django CMS: Structure endpoint bypasses page-view permission","description":"### Summary\nThe structure-board endpoint (`render_object_structure`) renders a page's plugin structure without verifying that the requesting user is allowed to view the page. The edit and preview endpoints enforce this via `render_page()`, but the structure endpoint does not, allowing a low-privileged staff user to read the plugin structure of a view-restricted page.\n\n### Details\n`render_object_structure` (in `cms/views.py`) loads the `PageContent` object and renders `cms/toolbar/structure.html` directly. Unlike `render_object_endpoint` (used by edit/preview), which renders through `render_pagecontent` → `render_page` and calls `user_can_view_page(request.user, page)` (returning 404 when the user may not view the page), the structure endpoint performs no page-level authorization.\n\nThe rendered structure board includes each plugin's `get_short_description()`  (e.g. link names/URLs, text snippets), so the content of a restricted page is disclosed, not just its shape.\n\n### Impact\nA staff user (any account with `is_staff=True`) who lacks view permission on a  view-restricted page can retrieve that page's plugin structure and short descriptions by requesting the structure endpoint with the page's content-type id and object id.\n\nThis only applies when `CMS_PERMISSION=True` and the page has view restrictions (or `CMS_PUBLIC_FOR='staff'`). Sites without per-page view restrictions are not affected.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 5.0.8: the structure endpoint now enforces `user_can_view_page()` for `PageContent` objects, matching edit/preview.\n\n### Workarounds\nNone other than restricting staff access. Upgrade is recommended.\n\n### Credits\nReported by the security team at the University of Sydney ([@reporter]).","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T18:42:16Z","modified":"2026-09-10T12:25:29.91544272Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:57.348035Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-3826","title":"django CMS: Structure endpoint bypasses page-view permission","description":"### Summary\nThe structure-board endpoint (`render_object_structure`) renders a page's plugin structure without verifying that the requesting user is allowed to view the page. The edit and preview endpoints enforce this via `render_page()`, but the structure endpoint does not, allowing a low-privileged staff user to read the plugin structure of a view-restricted page.\n\n### Details\n`render_object_structure` (in `cms/views.py`) loads the `PageContent` object and renders `cms/toolbar/structure.html` directly. Unlike `render_object_endpoint` (used by edit/preview), which renders through `render_pagecontent` → `render_page` and calls `user_can_view_page(request.user, page)` (returning 404 when the user may not view the page), the structure endpoint performs no page-level authorization.\n\nThe rendered structure board includes each plugin's `get_short_description()`  (e.g. link names/URLs, text snippets), so the content of a restricted page is disclosed, not just its shape.\n\n### Impact\nA staff user (any account with `is_staff=True`) who lacks view permission on a  view-restricted page can retrieve that page's plugin structure and short descriptions by requesting the structure endpoint with the page's content-type id and object id.\n\nThis only applies when `CMS_PERMISSION=True` and the page has view restrictions (or `CMS_PUBLIC_FOR='staff'`). Sites without per-page view restrictions are not affected.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 5.0.8: the structure endpoint now enforces `user_can_view_page()` for `PageContent` objects, matching edit/preview.\n\n### Workarounds\nNone other than restricting staff access. Upgrade is recommended.\n\n### Credits\nReported by the security team at the University of Sydney ([@reporter]).","status":"published","published":"2026-09-10T09:44:52.426487Z","modified":"2026-09-10T12:15:03.052573575Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:57.255153Z"}]}}