Vulnerability identifier: #VU96742

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45230

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Django
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: Django Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in urlize and urlizetrunc. A remote attacker can pass very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Django: 5.0 - 5.1, 4.2 - 4.2.15

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External links
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.