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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2026-85484 EUVD-2026-74167GHSA-mwmv-8rm6-755x

HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410002 for Perl render option group labels and radio button labels into HTML without escaping

Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— HTML-FormHandler < 0.410002 0.410002

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libhtml-formhandler-perl 0.410002-1 —
Debian 13 libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Debian 12 libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libhtml-formhandler-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-HTML-FormHandler 0.410.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11745-1

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