WebDyne versions from 2.014 before 3.022 for Perl reflect request parameters unescaped into form field values, allowing cross-site scripting.
WebDyne versions from 2.014 before 3.022 for Perl reflect request parameters unescaped into form field values, allowing cross-site scripting. The textfield, password_field and filefield tags fill their value attribute from the request parameter of the same name. WEBDYNE_CGI_AUTOESCAPE, which controls escaping of these values, defaults to off. From 2.022, WebDyne::HTML::Tiny also replaced its entity_encode method with one that returns its input unchanged, so enabling WEBDYNE_CGI_AUTOESCAPE has no effect. A remote attacker can inject script into any page using these tags through a crafted link.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- NVD status
- Received
Why it ranks 15 (Routine)
- No intrinsic risk signals yet; rank reflects source class and recency only.
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-78190 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia