CVE-2025-40927: CGI::Simple 0 to before 1.282

CVE-2025-40927. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.3 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00466 (percentile 0.38907), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

CGI::Simple · 0 to before 1.282
MANWAR

Description’s affected range: versions before 1.282 for Perl

Component: Not specified by the source
File: lib/CGI/Simple.pm

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An attacker can inject untrusted content into the response via query parameters. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as low.

Published 18-Oct-2026 22:52 UTC

CWE: CWE-113
CCR priority: 29.3 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00466 · percentile 0.38907 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 22:50:08.248207+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40927.html