# CVE-2024-8373: AngularJS improper sanitization in '\<source\>' element

- Also known as: GHSA-MQM9-C95H-X2P6
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-09 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- angular: from 0.0.0
- angular (npm): through 1.8.3

## Description

Improper sanitization of the value of the [srcset] attribute in <source> HTML elements 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 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 .

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on angular, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-8373
- https://codepen.io/herodevs/full/bGPQgMp/8da9ce87e99403ee13a295c305ebfa0b

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