CVE-2021-4231: Cross site scripting in Angular

May 27, 2022 (updated June 2, 2022)

A vulnerability was found in Angular up to 11.0.4/11.1.0-next.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the handling of comments. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely but it might require an authentication first. Upgrading to version 11.0.5 and 11.1.0-next.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ba8da742e3b243e8f43d4c63aa842b44e14f2b09. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-c75v-2vq8-878f
github.com/angular/angular/commit/ba8da742e3b243e8f43d4c63aa842b44e14f2b09
github.com/angular/angular/issues/40136
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4231
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULARCORE-1070902
vuldb.com/?id.181356

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