Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2024-53907
An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.
EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th 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
- Djangoproject Django
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-53907?
- CVE-2024-53907 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2024-53907?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.