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title: AngularJS – XSS vulnerability Using AngularJS Under 1.6.5 In Firefox And Safari – Sanitize On Inert Documents
description: "Impact Area Security       Severity High       Affected Element ServiceNow UI Script Salesforce Static Resource ## Rule number **SN-JSL-006 **(for ServiceNow) **SF-JSL-008** (for Salesforce) ## Impact Both Firefox and Safari are vulnerable to XSS injection if the $sanitize…"
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updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# AngularJS – XSS vulnerability Using AngularJS Under 1.6.5 In Firefox And Safari – Sanitize On Inert Documents

Impact Area

Security

 

 

 

           Severity

High

 

 

 

           Affected Element

ServiceNow

UI Script

Salesforce

Static Resource

## Rule number

**SN-JSL-006 **(for ServiceNow)

**SF-JSL-008** (for Salesforce)

## Impact

Both Firefox and Safari are vulnerable to XSS injection if the $sanitize function uses an inert document created via “`document.implementation.createHTMLDocument()`“.

## Remediation

Update AngularJS to the latest version.

### Time to fix

30 min

## References

This rule is linked to [Common Weakness Enumeration CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html).