Angular Client-side-template-injection

ID: angular-client-side-template-injection

Severity: high

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: angular,csti,dast,headless,xss

Description

Detects Angular client-side template injection vulnerability.

YAML Source

id: angular-client-side-template-injection

info:
  name: Angular Client-side-template-injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: high
  description: |
    Detects Angular client-side template injection vulnerability.
  impact: |
    May lead to remote code execution or sensitive data exposure.
  remediation: |
    Sanitize user inputs and avoid using user-controlled data in template rendering.
  reference:
    - https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/angularjs-client-side-template-injection/
    - https://portswigger.net/research/xss-without-html-client-side-template-injection-with-angularjs
  tags: angular,csti,dast,headless,xss

variables:
  first: "{{rand_int(1000, 9999)}}"
  second: "{{rand_int(1000, 9999)}}"
  result: "{{to_number(first)*to_number(second)}}"

headless:
  - steps:
      - action: navigate
        args:
          url: "{{BaseURL}}"

      - action: waitload

    payloads:
      payload:
        - '{{concat("{{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}}")}}'

    fuzzing:
      - part: query
        type: postfix
        mode: single
        fuzz:
          - "{{payload}}"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{result}}"
# digest: 4a0a00473045022020e22f3aa1d49de743347240f3cfc2d4aaa31d402183612be52fd033f51e0792022100a2ed81987f5a5c068275bcf09d505c3582738155068ebb6511cea83023af40c1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "dast/vulnerabilities/csti/angular-client-side-template-injection.yaml"

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