textAngular up to 1.5.16 Copy/Paste Angular.js cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in textAngular up to 1.5.16. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file Angular.js of the component Copy/Paste Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-32854. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in textAngular up to 1.5.16 (JavaScript Library). This affects an unknown code block of the file Angular.js of the component Copy/Paste Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/21/2023 as GHSL-2021-1001. It is possible to read the advisory at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-32854 since 05/12/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-0653). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• JavaScript Library

Name

• textAngular

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.5.12
• 1.5.13
• 1.5.14
• 1.5.15
• 1.5.16

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