CVE-2026-120648

— UNSCOREDpublic exploit available

Published 2026-11-04 · Updated 2026-11-04

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD description

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment. Arguments are placed between  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.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Public exploit & PoC references

https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/6a17eb84703d84bca86b0079f5870ca9c921ffd4.patch

All references

https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/6a17eb84703d84bca86b0079f5870ca9c921ffd4.patch
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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