CVE-2026-120633
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
62/100
Published: 2026-11-04
Modified: 2026-11-09
First seen: 2026-11-04
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
Scope Change
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
Required
S:
Changed
C:
Low
I:
Low
A:
None
Description
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl trust the client X-Forwarded-Host header in url, self_url, virtual_host and virtual_port. These take the host name and port from the X-Forwarded-Host request header when present, and otherwise from Host, without validating either. The URLs from url and self_url are the default redirect location and the start_html(-base=>1) base href, and the default start_form action when REQUEST_URI is not set. A client can poison shared caches, and URLs the application stores or sends, with redirects, links and scripts that point at a host it controls.
Weakness Classification (2)
References & Advisories (3)
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