Severity
Details
- CVSS score
- 8.6
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Overview
About vulnerability
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in @angular/platform-server’s DOM emulation dependency (domino) when serializing the content of fallback raw-content elements (<iframe>, <noembed>, <noframes>, and <noscript>).
When rendering dynamic text content inside fallback raw-content elements via template bindings, the template engine expects the browser to render the content safely. Under Server-Side Rendering (SSR), domino is configured with scripting enabled, meaning these elements are treated as raw-text elements.
However, domino’s serializer previously did not escape text nodes within fallback raw-content elements (<iframe>, <noembed>, <noframes>, <noscript>) during DOM serialization. As a result, any occurrence of closing tags in the bound dynamic text was not escaped.
The unescaped closing tag could be serialized directly into the output HTML. When parsed by a browser or re-parsed during SSR post-processing without preserving raw-content parser state, an injected closing tag closes the element early, allowing an injected script block to execute in the user’s browser context, causing same-origin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Impact
This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform same-origin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks against any user visiting an SSR-rendered page that binds user-controlled data inside fallback raw-content elements (<iframe>, <noembed>, <noframes>, <noscript>). This can lead to session hijacking, credentials theft, unauthorized actions on behalf of users, and defacement.
Patched Versions
- 22.0.7
- 21.2.19
- 20.3.27
Workarounds
If you cannot immediately update your dependencies, you can mitigate this issue using any of the following approaches:
- Disable critical CSS inlining: Critical CSS inlining in Angular SSR post-processes the rendered HTML using
domino. Disabling this step preventsdominofrom re-parsing and re-serializing the HTML during server-side rendering. - In
angular.json, setinlineCriticaltofalseunder style optimization options:
{
"projects": {
"my-app": {
"architect": {
"build": {
"builder": "@angular/build:application",
"options": {
"optimization": {
"styles": {
"inlineCritical": false
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
- When rendering programmatically with
CommonEngine, setinlineCriticalCss: falsein your render options. - Avoid binding user-controlled values inside fallback raw-content elements (
<iframe>,<noembed>,<noframes>,<noscript>). - Sanitize user input placed inside these elements to explicitly strip or escape closing tags before passing it to the template.
Details
- Affected product:
- AngularJS , nguniversal
- Affected packages:
- @angular/bazel @ 5.2.7 (+911 more)