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.
Weakness Classification (1)
References & Advisories (3)
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