Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
Medium

AngularJS improper sanitization in 'srcset' attribute

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Improper sanitization of the value of the 'srcset' attribute 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 AngularJS versions 1.3.0-rc.4 and greater. 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 .

Products
Not specified
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2024-8372
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 01:53 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

AngularJS improper sanitization in 'srcset' attribute

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2024, 14:46 UTC

Improper sanitization of the value of the 'srcset' attribute 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 AngularJS versions 1.3.0-rc.4 and greater. 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 .

osv:CVE-2024-8372
Complete source record
{
  "id": "0a45672f40e40e670b4c37ac12fbaadeafe4ef15491ac70b17692a53ada74c2c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8372",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "AngularJS improper sanitization in 'srcset' attribute",
    "summary": "Improper sanitization of the value of the 'srcset' attribute 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 AngularJS versions 1.3.0-rc.4 and greater. 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 .",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-8372",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-8372",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-8372",
        "GHSA-m9gf-397r-hwpg"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/angular/angular.js",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "10644432ca9d5da69ce790a8d9e691640f333711"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "10644432ca9d5da69ce790a8d9e691640f333711"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": ">=1.3.0-rc.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": ">=1.3.0-rc.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:angularjs:angularjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.3.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            ">=1.3.0-rc.4",
            "v1.3.0-rc.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-8372.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.735690909Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html",
        "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8372.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8372",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0002/",
        "https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-8372",
        "https://github.com/angular/angular.js",
        "https://codepen.io/herodevs/full/xxoQRNL/0072e627abe03e9cda373bc75b4c1017"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-1289"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "HeroDevs",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8372.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-8372",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517139,
  "published_at": "2024-09-09T14:46:03.134+00:00"
}