Vulnerability in Djangoproject Django

CVE-2024-41991

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget widget, are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41991?
CVE-2024-41991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-41991?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-41991 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.