textAngular text editor vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
textAngular is a text editor for Angular.js. Version 1.5.16 and prior are vulnerable to copy-paste cross-site scripting (XSS). For this particular type of XSS, the victim needs to be fooled into copying a malicious payload into the text editor. There are no known patches.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00498 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | textangular | 1.5.16 – 1.5.16 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | textangular (npm) | up to 1.5.16 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-7h4w-6p98-r3wx |
- textangular Vendornpm Affected 1.5.16 – 1.5.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- textangular (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.5.16 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-7h4w-6p98-r3wx
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:textangular:textangular:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.5.16 | Vulnerable | Textangular |
- cpe:2.3:a:textangular:textangular:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.5.16 Vulnerable ·Textangular
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32854
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7h4w-6p98-r3wx
References
More Textangular vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-00149 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in textAngular-sanitize.js in textAngular before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-32854 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-32854 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7h4w-6p98-r3wx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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