CVE-2025-0716 AngularJS improper sanitization in SVG '<image>' element
Attackers can bypass image source restrictions in AngularJS SVG elements, enabling content spoofing and potential denial of service via large images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-0716?
CVE-2025-0716 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google AngularJS, published on 29 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 .
Weakness: CWE-791
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0716?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including angular.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
angular npm | All versions to 1.8.3 | None |
angular npm | All versions to 1.8.3 | None |
How do I fix CVE-2025-0716?
Product is end of life, replace it.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-0716 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0716 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0716, GHSA-j58c-ww9w-pwp5, MINI-8m45-cr8r-v3r5, MINI-wrf2-6vr4-9f42, ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2025-0716, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0716.