Google AngularJS 1.3.1 SVG Element incomplete filtering of special elements

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Google AngularJS 1.3.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SVG Element Handler. Such manipulation leads to incomplete filtering of special elements. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-2336. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google AngularJS 1.3.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component SVG Element Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incomplete filtering of special elements vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-791. The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter special elements before sending it to a downstream component. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper sanitization of the value of the 'href' and 'xlink:href' attributes in '' SVG elements in AngularJS's 'ngSanitize' module 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 AngularJS versions greater than or equal to 1.3.1. 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 .

The weakness was released by George Kalpakas. The advisory is available at herodevs.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2336 since 03/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/20/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242412 (Debian dla-4242 : libjs-angularjs - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (242412) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-16899). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• JavaScript Library

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• Google

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• AngularJS

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• 1.3.1

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• free

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• end of life

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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