CVE-2024-53907

high

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.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html

https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-12-06

Updated: 2024-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High