CVE-2019-14232
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument,
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods were passed the html=True argument,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-02 00:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6dd39c5fa4693a70eb13a957308b872301c66a8902a047f91951ca91ecd03e81
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.djangoproject.comhttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/jIoju2-KLDs
- www.djangoproject.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/aug/01/security-releases/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1839http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00006.html
- seclists.org20190812 [SECURITY] [DSA 4498-1] python-django security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/15
- www.debian.orgDSA-4498https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4498
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1872http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00025.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-647f74ce51https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STVX7X7IDWAH5SKE6MBMY3TEI6ZODBTK/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0002/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-17
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20231004 Django: CVE-2023-43665: Denial-of-service possibility in django.utils.text.Truncatorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/04/6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240304 Django: CVE-2024-27351: Potential regular expression denial-of-service in django.utils.text.Truncator.words()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- python-django Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- python-django Fixed in 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-django Fixed in 2:2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-django Fixed in 2:2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- python-django No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.