UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-120648
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment. Arguments are placed between <!-- and --> without escaping, so text
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.
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
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-11-04 via NVD.
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