What is CVE-2021-32854?

CVE-2021-32854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Npm Textangular, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-32854?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Npm Textangular

CVE-2021-32854

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Npm Textangular — versions 1.5.16
Textangular

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-1001-textAngular/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32854?: CVE-2021-32854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Npm Textangular, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-32854?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.