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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.

Published

2024-12-06T12:15:17.730

Last Modified

2025-06-24T14:55:06.263

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-770

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	djangoproject	django	< 4.2.17	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	< 5.0.10	Yes
Application	djangoproject	django	< 5.1.4	Yes

References

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce Release Notes ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)