Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-32854textAngular text editor vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in textangular from npm. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

textAngular is a text editor for Angular.js. Version 1.5.16 and prior are vulnerable to copy-paste cross-site scripting (XSS). For this particular type of XSS, the victim needs to be fooled into copying a malicious payload into the text editor. There are no known patches.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
npmtextangularno fix listedGHSA-7h4w-6p98-r3wx

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
npm textangular 1.5.16 – through 1.5.16

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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