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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-12-06

Updated: 2024-12-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

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