Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2020 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2020-7676

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in angular.js. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

angular.js prior to 1.8.0 allows cross site scripting. The regex-based input HTML replacement may turn sanitized code into unsanitized one. Wrapping "<option>" elements in "<select>" ones changes parsing behavior, leading to possibly unsanitizing code.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12angular.js1.8.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7676
Debian:13angular.js1.8.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7676
npmangular1.8.0GHSA-mhp6-pxh8-r675

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a angular.js All versions prior to 1.8.0

References