VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-53907

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability1.39%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2024-12-06

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-770

Primary 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