CVE-2015-2316
Django Denial-of-service possibility with strip_tags
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-2316
To remediate CVE-2015-2316, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.7.7-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.11 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.11 or later
Is CVE-2015-2316 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.7.7-1
- >= 1.6, < 1.6.11
- >= 1.6, < 1.6.11, >= 1.7, < 1.7.7, >= 1.8a0, < 1.8c1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |