CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-5145

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Django versions 1.8.x before 1.8.3 contain a vulnerability in the URL validator that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to increase CPU consumption, potentially leading to application slowdown or complete shutdown.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Django to version 1.8.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

validators.URLValidator in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS