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GHSA-PRC3-VJFX-VHM9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-28 13:10

Summary

Angular (deprecated package) Cross-site Scripting

Details

All versions of package angular are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to insecure page caching in the Internet Explorer browser, which allows interpolation of <textarea> elements.

NPM package angular is deprecated. Those who want to receive security updates should use the actively maintained package @angular/core.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-07-15T20:15:00Z",
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  "modified": "2025-07-28T13:10:19Z",
  "published": "2022-07-16T00:00:20Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25869"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://glitch.com/edit/%23%21/angular-repro-textarea-xss"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://neverendingsupport.github.io/angularjs-poc-cve-2022-25869"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-ANGULARJS-10771617"
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular"
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  "summary": "Angular (deprecated package) Cross-site Scripting"
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CVE-2022-25869 (GCVE-0-2022-25869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-15 20:02 – Updated: 2025-07-28 09:59

Summary

All versions of the package angular; all versions of the package angularjs.core; all versions of the package angularjs are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to insecure page caching in the Internet Explorer browser, which allows interpolation of <textarea> elements.

Severity

4.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

snyk CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 60/100 over 15 records in the last 180 days details

References

12 references

URL	Tags
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-2949781
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJAR…
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJAR…
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJAR…
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-ANGULAR…
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-ANGULAR…
https://neverendingsupport.github.io/angularjs-po…
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-2949781	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2949782	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-2949783	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGIT…	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://glitch.com/edit/%23%21/angular-repro-text…	x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Impacted products

6 products

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	angular	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
n/a	org.webjars.npm:angular	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
n/a	org.webjars.bower:angular	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
n/a	org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
n/a	AngularJS.Core	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
n/a	angularjs	Affected: 0 , < * (semver)

Credits

Michael Prentice

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