CVE-2025-0716
MEDIUM4.8EPSS 0.05%AngularJS improperly sanitizes SVG elements
Published: 4/29/2025Modified: 5/7/2026
Description
Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '<image>' 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 .
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/angular.jsfrom 0, < 1.8.3-1+deb12u1~deb11u1
- npm/angularfrom 0, <= 1.8.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0716
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-0716
- PATCHhttps://github.com/angular/angular.js
- WEBhttps://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/qEWQmpd/a86a0d29310e12c7a3756768e6c7b915
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- WEBhttps://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-0716