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CVE-2024-53907 (GCVE-0-2024-53907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-31 18:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-06 16:22 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
djangoproject django Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.4 (custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.10 (custom)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.17 (custom)
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