CVE-2026-85484: HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410002 for Perl render option group labels and radio button labels into HTML without escaping
Robert Rothenberg 08 Sep 2026 20:12 UTC
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CVE-2026-85484 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-85484
Distribution: HTML-FormHandler
Versions: before 0.410002
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/HTML-FormHandler
VCS Repo: https://github.com/gshank/html-formhandler
HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410002 for Perl render option group
labels and radio button labels into HTML without escaping
Description
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HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410002 for Perl render option group
labels and radio button labels into HTML without escaping.
The Select, RadioGroup, CheckboxGroup and HorizCheckboxGroup widgets
render a group label unescaped, Select into a label attribute and the
other three into element content. RadioGroup also renders each radio
button's own label unescaped.
Any application whose option list is built from data rather than
literals, using options_from, an options_fieldname method, or the DBIC
model, allows attacker-influenced text in a label that can override the
options or embed JavaScript in rendered pages.
Problem types
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
('Cross-site Scripting')
Solutions
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Upgrade to HTML-FormHandler 0.410002 or later.
References
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https://metacpan.org/release/ABRAXXA/HTML-FormHandler-0.410002/changes
https://github.com/gshank/html-formhandler/commit/49b562e0fed5146fc1a372c5fa8a879876b8841d.patch