Vulnerability identifier: #VU87182

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25869

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
AngularJS
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor: Google

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

AngularJS: 0.9.0 - g3-v1.0.0rc1

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External links
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-2949784
http://glitch.com/edit/%23%21/angular-repro-textarea-xss
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-2949783
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-2949781
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2949782

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.