๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-120648

UNKNOWN 0.0

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment. Arguments are placed between <!-- and --> without escaping, so text containing --> closes the comment early. An application that passes request data to comment can be made to inject HTML into the page.

CWE CWE-79
Published Nov 3, 2026
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References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
metacpan.org: https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm metacpan.org: https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes github.com: https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/6a17eb84703d84bca86b0079f5870ca9c921ffd4.patch