CVE-2020-5219

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
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2.39% (84th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Angular Expressions before version 1.0.1 has a remote code execution vulnerability if you call expressions.compile(userControlledInput) where userControlledInput is text that comes from user input. If running angular-expressions in the browser, an attacker could run any browser script when the application code calls expressions.compile(userControlledInput). If running angular-expressions on the server, an attacker could run any Javascript expression, thus gaining Remote Code Execution.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 5.8
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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  • GHSA-hxhm-96pp-2m43Remote Code Execution in Angular Expressions2020-01-24ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact The vulnerability, reported by GoSecure Inc, allows Remote Code Execution, if you call `expressions.compile(userControlledInput)` where `userControlledInput` is text that comes from user input. * If running angular-expressions in the browser, an attacker could run any browser script when the application code calls expressions.compile(userControlledInput). * If running angular-expressions on the server, an attacker could run any Javascript expression, thus gaining Remote Code Execution. ### Patches Users should upgrade to version 1.0.1 of angular-expressions ### Workarounds A temporary workaround might be either to : * disable user-controlled input that will be fed into angular-expressions in your application OR * allow only following characters in the userControlledInput : ```js if (/^[|a-zA-Z.0-9 :"'+-?]+$/.test(userControlledInput)) { var result = expressions.compile(userControlledInput); } else { result = undefined; } ``` ### References [Removal of angular-expression sandbox](http://blog.angularjs.org/2016/09/angular-16-expression-sandbox-removal.html) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [angular-expressions](https://github.com/peerigon/angular-expressions/issues) * [Email us](mailto:contact@javascript-ninja.fr) ### Credits The issue was reported by Maxime Nadeau from GoSecure, Inc.

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published 2020-01-24modified 2026-06-17
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