CVE-2024-45230
Django vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via the urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-45230
To remediate CVE-2024-45230, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.2.16 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 5.1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.1.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-45230 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.16, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.9, >= 5.1.0, < 5.2.5
- from 0
- >= 5.1, < 5.1.1
- >= 5.1, < 5.1.1, >= 5.0, < 5.0.9, >= 4.2, < 4.2.16
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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |