What is CVE-2025-32873?

CVE-2025-32873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-32873?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-32873 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django

CVE-2025-32873

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing la…

EPSS: 0.002 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Djangoproject Django — versions 4.2, 5.1, 5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-32873?: CVE-2025-32873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-32873?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-32873 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.