CVE-2019-14232

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 2, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLeapDjangoDjangoblog

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument, they were extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs due to a catastrophic backtracking vulnerability in a regular expression. The chars() and words() methods are used to implement the truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters, which were thus vulnerable.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.11 ≤ v < 1.11.232.1 ≤ v < 2.1.112.2 ≤ v < 2.2.4
Affected range stops below 1.11.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
1.11.23 ≤ v < 2.2.41.11.23
Affected range stops below 2.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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