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Vulnerability details: VCID-wwa5-mhgu-9khz
Vulnerability ID VCID-wwa5-mhgu-9khz
Aliases CVE-2024-53907
GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
Summary Django denial-of-service in django.utils.html.strip_tags() 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-1169 SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 14. Concurrency (CON)
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 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-53907.json
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
epss 0.01038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
cvssv4 6.6 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
generic_textual MODERATE https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
ssvc Track https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/django/django
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/django/django
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
cvssv4 6.6 https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
ssvc Track https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
cvssv4 6.6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
cvssv4 6.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
cvssv4 6.6 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
cvssv4 6.6 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
ssvc Track https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-53907.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-53907
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14232
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41164
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43665
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24680
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-27351
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-39329
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-39330
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-39614
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-41989
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-41991
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-42005
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45231
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-53907
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-56374
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-13372
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-26699
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-32873
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-48432
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-57833
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-59681
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-59682
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-64459
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-64460
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/django/django
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
2329288 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2329288
GHSA-8498-2h75-472j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
GLSA-202509-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202509-03
RHSA-2024:11144 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11144
RHSA-2024:11146 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11146
RHSA-2025:0340 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0340
RHSA-2025:0777 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0777
USN-7136-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7136-1/
USN-7136-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7136-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-53907.json
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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://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
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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/E:U Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
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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://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-12-06T16:22:53Z/ Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.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://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/E:U 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/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.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/E:U Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.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://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
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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/E:U Found at https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-12-06T16:22:53Z/ Found at https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.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/E:U Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
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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/E:U Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
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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/2024/dec/04/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/E:U Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/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 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
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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/E:U Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-12-06T16:22:53Z/ Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77364
EPSS Score 0.01038
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:50:10.352927+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/12/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j.json 38.0.0