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Outdated JavaScript Framework Can Be Used to Take Your App Offline

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Your application uses AngularJS 1.8.3, an outdated JavaScript framework that contains a known security flaw (CVE-2024-21490). An attacker can send a specially crafted request that causes your app to freeze or crash — making it unavailable to your customers. Importantly, AngularJS reached its official end of life in December 2021 and will never receive a patch for this issue.

Exploitable Effort: large
redos denial-of-service angularjs regex +6
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated JavaScript Framework Can Be Used to Slow Down Your Web App

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Your web application uses an outdated version of AngularJS (a JavaScript framework) that contains a known flaw. A visitor could submit a specially crafted URL into a form field and cause your server or browser to freeze up while processing it, making your site slow or temporarily unresponsive for other users. This is a medium-severity issue — it doesn't expose data, but it can affect availability.

Exploitable Effort: medium
redos angularjs denial-of-service regex +6
5 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated AngularJS Library Can Be Used to Slow Down Your Website

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Your website uses an outdated version of AngularJS (a JavaScript library) that contains a flaw in one of its built-in tools. An attacker could send a specially crafted request that causes your server or browser to get stuck doing unnecessary work, potentially slowing down or temporarily making your site unavailable to real users. Think of it like a prank caller who knows exactly what to say to put your receptionist on hold indefinitely.

Exploitable Effort: small
redos angularjs denial-of-service regex +4
5 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated AngularJS Library Can Be Used to Slow Down Your App

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Your website uses an old version of AngularJS (a JavaScript framework) that contains a flaw in how it processes certain web addresses. An attacker could send a specially crafted request that causes your server to spend a disproportionate amount of time processing it, potentially slowing down or temporarily making your app unresponsive for other users. This is a medium-severity issue — it's worth fixing, but it's not an emergency.

Exploitable Effort: large
redos denial-of-service angularjs regex +4
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Lodash Library Allows Attackers to Run Malicious Code on Your Server

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Your application uses an old version of Lodash (3.10.1), a popular JavaScript helper library. This version has a known security flaw that could allow an attacker with access to your system to run their own commands on your server. Upgrading to the latest version closes this gap completely.

Exploitable Effort: small
cve lodash command-injection javascript +3
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Lodash Library Allows Application Tampering or Crash

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Your application uses an outdated version of Lodash, a very common JavaScript helper library. This version has a known flaw that could allow an attacker who can send crafted input to your app to corrupt how your application handles data internally — potentially causing it to crash or behave in unexpected ways. Exploiting this requires specific conditions, but the fix is a straightforward library update.

Exploitable Effort: small
prototype-pollution lodash javascript npm +5
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Lodash Library Allows Application Logic Tampering

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Your application uses a very old version of Lodash (3.10.1), a popular JavaScript utility library, that has a known security flaw. An attacker who can send crafted data to your application could manipulate how JavaScript objects behave globally — think of it like someone secretly changing the rules of the game for every player at once. Upgrading to the latest version of Lodash closes this gap immediately.

Exploitable Effort: small
prototype-pollution lodash cve npm +3
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated JavaScript Utility Library Allows Application Disruption (CVE-2018-16487)

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Your application is using a very old version of lodash (3.10.1), a popular JavaScript helper library, that contains a known security flaw. An attacker who can send crafted data to your application could use this flaw to disrupt your service or, in some cases, interfere with how your application behaves. The fix is a straightforward library upgrade.

Exploitable Effort: small
prototype-pollution lodash javascript nodejs +4
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated JavaScript Utility Library Allows Application Behavior Tampering

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Your application uses an old version of a popular JavaScript helper library called Lodash (version 3.10.1) that contains a known security flaw. An attacker who can send crafted data to your app could manipulate how it processes objects internally, potentially disrupting its behavior. Upgrading to the latest version of Lodash takes a developer under an hour and fully resolves the issue.

Exploitable Effort: small
prototype-pollution lodash javascript npm +3
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Date Library Can Be Used to Slow Down or Freeze Your Application

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Your application uses an old version of Moment.js, a popular JavaScript tool for handling dates and times. This version has a known flaw where a specially crafted date string can cause the server to get stuck processing it, making your app slow or unresponsive for other users. Think of it like a trick question that causes a calculator to spin forever — it doesn't break the calculator, but it stops it from doing anything else.

Exploitable Effort: small
redos denial-of-service moment.js javascript +6
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Bootstrap Library Allows Malicious Script Injection

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Your website uses an outdated version of Bootstrap (a popular design toolkit) that contains a known security flaw. An attacker who can influence the content on your pages could use this flaw to run malicious code in your visitors' browsers. The fix is straightforward: update Bootstrap to a newer version.

Exploitable Effort: small
xss bootstrap frontend cve +4
4 min read Feb 18, 2026

Outdated Bootstrap Library Contains a Script Injection Flaw

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Your website is using an old version of Bootstrap (a popular design toolkit), which has a known security flaw in its tooltip feature. An attacker who can influence the content of a tooltip on your page could use it to run malicious code in your visitors' browsers. Upgrading Bootstrap to a patched version fully resolves this.

Exploitable Effort: small
xss bootstrap tooltip frontend +4
4 min read Feb 18, 2026