CVE-2024-8373
AngularJS improper sanitization in '<source>' element
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Sep 9, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2024
Description
Improper sanitization of the value of the [srcset] attribute in <source> HTML elements in AngularJS allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions, which can also lead to a form of Content Spoofing https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Content_Spoofing .
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 .
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | HeroDevs |
Weaknesses
- CWE-791 Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AngularJSGoogle |
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References
- https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-8373third-party-advisory
- https://codepen.io/herodevs/full/bGPQgMp/8da9ce87e99403ee13a295c305ebfa0btechnical-descriptionexploit
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0003/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
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