diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
index ca519654ad1..077b9599ef8 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ class ModelConverter(ir.ir_http.ModelConverter):
                 record_id = abs(record_id)
         return env[self.model].browse(record_id)
 
-    def generate(self, query=None, args=None):
-        Model = request.env[self.model]
+    def generate(self, uid, query=None, args=None):
+        Model = request.env[self.model].sudo(uid)
         domain = safe_eval(self.domain, (args or {}).copy())
         if query:
             domain.append((Model._rec_name, 'ilike', '%' + query + '%'))
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ class ModelConverter(ir.ir_http.ModelConverter):
 class PageConverter(werkzeug.routing.PathConverter):
     """ Only point of this converter is to bundle pages enumeration logic """
 
-    def generate(self, query=None, args={}):
-        View = request.env['ir.ui.view']
+    def generate(self, uid, query=None, args={}):
+        View = request.env['ir.ui.view'].sudo(uid)
         domain = [('page', '=', True)]
         query = query and query.startswith('website.') and query[8:] or query
         if query:
diff --git a/addons/website/models/website.py b/addons/website/models/website.py
index 95a229cda71..bb26fc7ee85 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/website.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/website.py
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class Website(models.Model):
                 newval = []
                 for val in values:
                     query = i == len(convitems)-1 and query_string
-                    for value_dict in converter.generate(query=query, args=val):
+                    for value_dict in converter.generate(uid=self.env.uid, query=query, args=val):
                         newval.append(val.copy())
                         value_dict[name] = value_dict['loc']
                         del value_dict['loc']