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CVE-2021-21277: Injection Vulnerability

February 1, 2021 (updated October 19, 2022)

In angular-expressions there is a vulnerability which allows Remote Code Execution if you call expressions.compile(userControlledInput) where “userControlledInput” is text that comes from user input. The security of the package could be bypassed by using a more complex payload, using a constructor.constructor technique. In terms of impact: If running angular-expressions in the browser, an attacker could run any browser script when the application code calls expressions.compile(userControlledInput). If running angular-expressions on the server, an attacker could run any Javascript expression, thus gaining Remote Code Execution. This is fixed of angular-expressions A temporary workaround might be either to disable user-controlled input that will be fed into angular-expressions in your application or allow only following characters in the userControlledInput.

References

  • blog.angularjs.org/2016/09/angular-16-expression-sandbox-removal.html
  • github.com/peerigon/angular-expressions/security/advisories/GHSA-j6px-jwvv-vpwq
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21277

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.2 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

npm/angular-expressions/CVE-2021-21277.yml

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