CVE-2024-45230 (GCVE-0-2024-45230)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-17 14:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-30 16:30 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django |
Affected:
5.1 , < 5.1.1
(custom)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.0.9 (custom) Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.16 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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