Riskcovery

CVE-2026-120647

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow Content-Disposition parameter injection via unescaped double quotes in the header attachment filename

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Nov 3, 2026
Updated
Nov 3, 2026
Reserved
Nov 2, 2026

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Description

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow Content-Disposition parameter injection via unescaped double quotes in the header attachment filename.

header(-attachment => $name) writes $name into the quoted filename parameter of Content-Disposition without escaping double quotes.

An application that passes request data as the attachment name can be made to send a second filename parameter, changing the name the response is saved under.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

ProductVersions
CGI
  • before 5.00Affected

References

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