5.4

CVE-2020-7676: angularjs Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7676DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7676GHSA-mhp6-pxh8-r675
Published 08-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7676 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in angularjs. EPSS estimates a 1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.93%
0%100%
Low · -0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3

Timeline

  1. 08-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

angular.js prior to 1.8.0 allows cross site scripting. The regex-based input HTML replacement may turn sanitized code into unsanitized one. Wrapping "<option>" elements in "<select>" ones changes parsing behavior, leading to possibly unsanitizing code.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.21 pp

From 2.14% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.93%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Angularjs1 product
Debian1 product
  • angular.js< 1.8.0-1
Npm1 product
  • angular< 1.8.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • angular.jsAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

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