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CVE-2026-120643

CGI versions from 4.62 before 5.00 for Perl allow cross-site scripting via a raw apostrophe in URLs returned by url and self_url. Both pass the URL through URI's canonical method, which leaves an apostrophe in the path raw and decodes the %27 that query parameter escaping produces, so an apostrophe in the request path or a parameter appears raw in the result. An application that places the URL in a single-quoted HTML attribute or JavaScript string is open to cross-site scripting.

Score
–
Published
2026-11-03
Links
NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
www/p5-CGIp5-CGI4.72unaddressedsunpoet@FreeBSD.org

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  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>p5-CGI -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>p5-CGI</name>
	<range><ge>4.62</ge><lt>5.00</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>CVE-2026-120643: CGI versions from 4.62 before 5.00 for Perl allow
	  cross-site scripting via a raw apostrophe in URLs returned by url
	  and self_url. Both pass the URL through URI's canonical method,
	  which leaves an apostrophe in the path raw and decodes the %27 that
	  query parameter escaping produces, so an apostrophe in the request
	  path or a parameter appears raw in the result. An application that
	  places the URL in a single-quoted HTML attribute or JavaScript
	  string is open to cross-site scripting.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2026-120643</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120643</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-11-03</discovery>
      <entry>2026-11-04</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>