CVE-2024-53907: djangoproject django
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-53907 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 8Timeline
- 06-12-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 31-12-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
9 scores · 8 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
72%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard2 products
- awx< 24.6.1-r2
- py3-django< 5.1.4-r0
Alpine1 product
- py3-django< 4.2.20-r0
Debian1 product
- python-django< 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u3 | < 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1 | < 3:4.2.17-1
Djangoproject1 product
- django≥ 4.2, < 4.2.17 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.10 | ≥ 5.1, < 5.1.4
Opensuse1 product
- python-Django&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.2.28-bp155.7.21.1
PyPI1 product
- django≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.4 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.17 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.10 | ≥ 5.1, < 5.1.4 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.10 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.17
Suse1 product
- python-Django&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5< 2.2.28-bp155.7.21.1
Ubuntu1 product
- python-djangoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.26 | < 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.15 | < 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.4 | < 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm8 | < 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm8
Wolfi1 product
- py3-django< 5.1.4-r0
9 vendors · 10 products
References
20 links
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory
- github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE