CVE-2025-32873

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing large sequences of incomplete HTML tags. The template filter striptags is also vulnerable, because it is built on top of strip_tags().

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/	Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce	Mailing List
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/may/07/security-releases/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/07/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:5.2:::::::*

History

17 Jun 2025, 19:44

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-08 04:17

Updated : 2025-06-17 19:44

NVD link : CVE-2025-32873

Mitre link : CVE-2025-32873

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-32873

JSON object : View

Products Affected

djangoproject

django

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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