CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow open redirects and script injection via URLs built from REQUESTURI in url and startform.
CVE-2026-120636
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow open redirects and script injection via URLs built from REQUESTURI in url and startform. url(-absolute=>1), url(-relative=>1) and the default startform action are built from the client-supplied REQUESTURI without validation. The result can be protocol-relative (//evil.example), absolute-form (http://evil.example/) or contain backslashes, and url(-relative=>1) can return a javascript: URL. Links and form posts built from these URLs can go to another host.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Assigner
- CPANSec
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