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.

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Upgrade to CGI 5.00 or later.


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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-79
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T23:40:48.770Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T17:42:41.751Z

Link: CVE-2026-120643

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-04T00:17:25.773

Modified: 2026-11-04T00:17:25.773

Link: CVE-2026-120643

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