GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4p4w-6hg8-63wx AngularJS Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2025-06-04 Modified 2025-11-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-2336
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
angular-sanitize
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-791
Reviewed
2025-06-06

Affected packages

• npm angular-sanitize: >= 1.3.1, <= 1.8.3 (no fix yet)

Description

Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '' SVG elements in AngularJS's 'ngSanitize' module allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions. This can lead to a form of Content Spoofing https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Content_Spoofing  and also negatively affect the application's performance and behavior by using too large or slow-to-load images. This issue affects AngularJS versions greater than or equal to 1.3.1. Note: The AngularJS project is End-of-Life and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see here https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-2336 Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '<image>' SVG elements in AngularJS's 'ngSanitize' module… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-791 Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements weakness

References