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Vulnerability details: VCID-1zk7-jhxe-2kc4
Vulnerability ID VCID-1zk7-jhxe-2kc4
Aliases CVE-2015-2316
GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w
PYSEC-2015-18
Summary The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
cvssv4 8.7 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
cvssv4 8.7 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2316
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2316
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2316
epss 0.02253 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2316
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
cvssv4 8.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
cvssv4 8.7 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
generic_textual HIGH https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
cvssv4 8.7 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
cvssv4 8.7 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
generic_textual HIGH http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-2316.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-2316
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2316
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w
https://github.com/django/django
https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
1202809 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202809
780874 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780874
USN-2539-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2539-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/e63363f8e075fa8d66326ad6a1cc3391cc95cd97
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84958
EPSS Score 0.02253
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:25:23.954449+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0