CVE-2026-120648

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 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.

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
— — 0 < 5.00
— — 0 < 5.00

Bug Bounty Relevance

62 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

6.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.22%
Raw Score 0.002180
Percentile 12.4%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00218
2026-11-13
0.00218
2026-11-12
0.00218
2026-11-10
0.00218
2026-11-09
0.00209
2026-11-08
0.00209
2026-11-07
0.00209
2026-11-06
0.00209
2026-11-05
0.00209
2026-11-04
0.00209

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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