What is GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvm?

GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvm is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with unknown severity. CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --\u003e in comment. ...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvm cover?

GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvm covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-120648. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvmunknown

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment. ...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 4, 2026

Last Modified

November 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-120648 →

📋 Description

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment.

Arguments are placed between 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.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120648
https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/6a17eb84703d84bca86b0079f5870ca9c921ffd4.patch
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6fq-x7rj-cvvm