CVE-2026-85485

HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410002 for Perl render some error messages into HTML without escaping. The Table form layout and the Bootstrap 2 and 3 wrappers splice each error string straight into the surrounding markup. Version 0.410000, the fix for CVE-2026-19872, escaped the equivalent values in the other layouts and wrappers, and 0.410002 extended that to these three. Error messages that contain attacker-influenced content such as rejected field values could embed JavaScript in rendered pages.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/gshank/html-formhandler/commit/2ea9e138dbfe231e317c13936abe6583217c807f.patch
https://metacpan.org/release/ABRAXXA/HTML-FormHandler-0.410002/changes

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-08 20:18

Updated : 2026-09-10 18:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-85485

Mitre link : CVE-2026-85485

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-85485

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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