Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 3, 2026 23:40:27 UTC

CVE-2026-120638

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow open redirects via HTML entity decoding of the URL after application validation in redirect. redirect decodes HTML entities in its URL before writing the Location header, so a URL the application has already validated can change meaning. For example, //evil.example/ becomes //evil.example/ and sends the user to another host.

Base score6.1/ 10

SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityMedium

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionRequiredUI

ScopeChangedS

Confidentiality impactLowC

Integrity impactLowI

Availability impactNoneA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering AuthorityCPANSec

Last updatedNov 9, 2026 18:50:09 UTC

PublishedNov 3, 2026 23:40:27 UTC

ReservedNov 2, 2026 17:40:51 UTC