Cross-site scripting in HTML-FormHandler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410000 for Perl allow cross-site scripting via a submitted value rendered unescaped in an error message. The wrappers and renderers that emit a form's errors interpolate the error string straight into HTML with no escaping. Two of the library's own messages, no_match and not_allowed, splice the submitted value into that string, and a failing type constraint puts the rejected value into the message it builds, which _apply_actions hands to add_error. A field declared with a check regexp, a check list or a type constraint reaches those messages, with no custom validator and no non-default configuration. Errors rendered through an application's own escaping template layer rather than the library's rendering roles are not affected. A request over the network that submits markup to such a field gets it back live inside the error span, running script in the victim's origin. Re-rendering a rejected value later gives the stored variant.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | HTML-FormHandler | before 0.410000 | 0.410000 | Patch available | CNA |
- HTML-FormHandler Vendor— Affected before 0.410000 Fixed in 0.410000 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA HTML-FormHandler Fixed in 0.410000
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19872
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-74pj-vp7j-2f6m
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-19872 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19872 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-74pj-vp7j-2f6m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-19872 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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