Remote Code Execution in Angular Expressions

Description

The vulnerability, reported by GoSecure Inc, allows Remote Code Execution, if you call expressions.compile(userControlledInput) where userControlledInput is text that comes from user input.

• If running angular-expressions in the browser, an attacker could run any browser script when the application code calls expressions.

Recommendation

Update the angular-expressions package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.0.1
• Patched version(s): 1.0.1

References

• GHSA-hxhm-96pp-2m43
• blog.angularjs.org
• CVE-2020-5219
• CWE-74
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Angular Expressions - Remote Code Execution - CVE-2021-21277
• DOMPurify allows Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2025-26791
• lite-server vulnerable to Denial of Service - CVE-2022-25940
• Manifest Uses a One-Way Hash without a Salt - CVE-2025-27408

Tags:

npm

angular-expressions