CVE-2024-53907

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: December 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:09 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorDjango

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

Django · Djangoprojectpypi

95%

4.2 ≤ v < 4.2.175.0 ≤ v < 5.0.105.1 ≤ v < 5.1.44.2 5.0 5.1

Affected range stops below 4.2.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

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

References (4)

PatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

Release Notes

Source: [email protected]

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

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

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

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-770

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