CVE-2024-45230
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 25.77% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- djangoproject/django
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 25.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/Vendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announcePermissions Required
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.