CVE-2025-32873
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.
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 13.62% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- djangoproject/django
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/Release Notes
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announceMailing List
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/may/07/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.