GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-j58c-ww9w-pwp5 AngularJS improperly sanitizes SVG elements
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-0716
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- angular
- Severity
- Low
- 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
- 2025-04-30
Affected packages
• npm angular: <= 1.8.3 (no fix yet)
Description
Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '' SVG elements in AngularJS 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 all versions of AngularJS.
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-2025-0716 Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '<image>' SVG elements in AngularJS allows attackers to… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-791 Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0716 advisory
- https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/qEWQmpd/a86a0d29310e12c7a3756768e6c7b915 web
- https://github.com/angular/angular.js package
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html web
- https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-0716 web