| Name | CVE-2025-0716 |
| 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 . |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4242-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1104485 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| angular.js (PTS) | bullseye | 1.8.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1.8.3-1+deb12u1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.8.3-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid, trixie | 1.8.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - angular.js <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-0716
PoC: https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/qEWQmpd/a86a0d29310e12c7a3756768e6c7b915