CVE-2024-53907

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

• v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.39%• Percentile: 71%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

  The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

Affected Systems

• chainguard•awx

  < 24.6.1-r2

• chainguard•py3-django

  < 5.1.4-r0

• wolfi•py3-django

  < 5.1.4-r0

• debian•python-django

  < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u3 | < 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1 | < 3:4.2.17-1 | < 3:4.2.17-1

• djangoproject•django

  ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.17 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.10 | ≥ 5.1, < 5.1.4

• PyPI•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

References (12)

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
• https://github.com/django/django
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53907
• https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53907.json