Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, a remote attacker can send a crafted percent-encoded request path to a deployment using MG_ENABLE_DIRLIST and persuade a user to visit it. The mg_http_serve_dir() and listdir() path in src/http.c places the decoded request URI into the title and h1 elements without HTML entity encoding. The resulting reflected cross-site scripting executes in the Mongoose origin and can expose session data or perform actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.
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Published : 2026-08-20 18:16
Updated : 2026-09-09 21:19
NVD link : CVE-2026-73259
Mitre link : CVE-2026-73259
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73259
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CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
