1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py b/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
index e159180e17..d8ffbdf00a 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from xml.sax.expatreader import ExpatParser as _ExpatParser
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, SuspiciousOperation
 from django.core.serializers import base
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, models
 from django.utils.xmlutils import SimplerXMLGenerator, UnserializableContentError
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ class Deserializer(base.Deserializer):
         try:
             for c in node.getElementsByTagName("object"):
                 values.append(m2m_convert(c))
+        except SuspiciousOperation:
+            raise
         except Exception as e:
             if isinstance(e, ObjectDoesNotExist) and self.handle_forward_references:
                 return base.DEFER_FIELD
@@ -440,6 +442,8 @@ class Deserializer(base.Deserializer):
 
 
 def check_element_type(element):
+    if element.childNodes:
+        raise SuspiciousOperation(f"Unexpected element: {element.tagName!r}")
     return element.nodeType in (element.TEXT_NODE, element.CDATA_SECTION_NODE)