CVE-2025-0716: AngularJS improperly sanitizes SVG elements

April 29, 2025 (updated November 3, 2025)

Improper sanitization of the value of the ‘href’ and ‘xlink:href’ attributes in ‘’ SVG elements in AngularJS allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions. This can lead to a form of Content Spoofing https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Content_Spoofing and also negatively affect the application’s performance and behavior by using too large or slow-to-load images.

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 .

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