CVE-2019-10768 (High) detected in angular-1.5.5.js, angular-1.5.3.js

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CVE-2019-10768 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - angular-1.5.5.js, angular-1.5.3.js

angular-1.5.5.js

AngularJS is an MVC framework for building web applications. The core features include HTML enhanced with custom component and data-binding capabilities, dependency injection and strong focus on simplicity, testability, maintainability and boiler-plate reduction.

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.5.5/angular.js

Path to dependency file: /aio/content/examples/upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/app/index.html

Path to vulnerable library: /aio/content/examples/upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/app/index.html,/aio/content/examples/upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/index.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ angular-1.5.5.js (Vulnerable Library)

angular-1.5.3.js

AngularJS is an MVC framework for building web applications. The core features include HTML enhanced with custom component and data-binding capabilities, dependency injection and strong focus on simplicity, testability, maintainability and boiler-plate reduction.

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.5.3/angular.js

Path to dependency file: /aio/content/examples/upgrade-module/src/index-ajs-to-a-providers.html

Path to vulnerable library: /aio/content/examples/upgrade-module/src/index-ajs-to-a-providers.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ angular-1.5.3.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c6aca37f442da8c55a02d7c53ccc58100ab004f3

Found in base branch: labs/router

Vulnerability Details

In AngularJS before 1.7.9 the function merge() could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ payload.
Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that versions 1.4.0-beta.6 before 1.7.9 of angular are vulnerable to CVE-2019-10768. Converted from WS-2019-0367, on 2021-07-21.

Publish Date: 2019-11-19

URL: CVE-2019-10768

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2019-11-19

Fix Resolution: angularjs - 1.7.9

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