Description
django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.9, render_object_structure fails to authorize non-PageContent objects that use PlaceholderRelationField. An active staff user without cms.use_structure or model-level view or change permission can request the //admin/cms/placeholder/object/<content_type_id>/structure/<object_id>/ endpoint with guessed content_type_id and object_id values. The response discloses placeholder slot names, plugin trees, plugin identifiers, labels, and object existence for frontend-editable objects. The fix applies user_can_view_placeholder_source to the non-PageContent branch while keeping the structure board read-only for view-only users. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.9.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8qj2-c6q4-f399 django CMS: Missing authorization in `render_object_structure` discloses non-PageContent placeholder structure to low-privileged staff
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Django-cms
Django-cms django Cms
Vendors & Products Django-cms
Django-cms django Cms

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.9, render_object_structure fails to authorize non-PageContent objects that use PlaceholderRelationField. An active staff user without cms.use_structure or model-level view or change permission can request the //admin/cms/placeholder/object/<content_type_id>/structure/<object_id>/ endpoint with guessed content_type_id and object_id values. The response discloses placeholder slot names, plugin trees, plugin identifiers, labels, and object existence for frontend-editable objects. The fix applies user_can_view_placeholder_source to the non-PageContent branch while keeping the structure board read-only for view-only users. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.9.
Title django CMS: Missing authorization in `render_object_structure` discloses non-PageContent placeholder structure to low-privileged staff
Weaknesses CWE-639
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Django-cms Django Cms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T18:07:28.005Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T18:25:21.467Z

Link: CVE-2026-61663

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T19:16:56.823

Modified: 2026-08-20T19:16:56.823

Link: CVE-2026-61663

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T19:30:05Z

Weaknesses