CVE-2025-32873

MEDIUM

Django 4.2-4.2.20, 5.1-5.1.8, 5.2-5.2.0 - Denial of Service via Incomplete HTML Tag Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-32873. PoCs published by Apollo-R3bot.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a README describing a Django security issue related to strip_tags() but lacks actual exploit code or technical details. It mentions Django 5.2 and django-ratelimit as requirements.

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().

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by Apollo-R3bot · poc
https://github.com/Apollo-R3bot/django-vulnerability-CVE-2025-32873

The repository contains a README describing a Django security issue related to strip_tags() but lacks actual exploit code or technical details. It mentions Django 5.2 and django-ratelimit as requirements.

Classification
Writeup 30%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Theoretical
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Django 5.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Django 5.2 · django-ratelimit
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
djangoproject/django 5.2
djangoproject/django 4.2.0 - 4.2.21
pypi/Django 4.2 - 4.2.21PyPI
Published May 08, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026