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CVE-2026-13051 Detail

Description

Form::Processor::Field::HtmlArea versions from 0.06 through 1.162360 for Perl allow attacker selected method dispatch and resource exhaustion via an HTML::Tidy diagnostic that validate passes to add_error as a Locale::Maketext template. validate runs HTML::Tidy over the submitted markup and passes each resulting message to add_error as its first argument, which add_error hands to the language handle as the Locale::Maketext message key. The default handle's lexicon sets `_AUTO`, so a message that is not a lexicon entry is compiled as a bracket notation template instead of being looked up. Tidy diagnostics quote the offending attribute name or value, so a bracket group in the submitted markup reaches the template position, where the first token of the group names a method called on the language handle and the remaining tokens are its arguments. A group such as `[0]` makes the compile croak, and neither the field nor the handle catches it, so the exception leaves validate. `[sprintf,%2000000000d,7]` reaches CORE::sprintf with an attacker chosen field width. One submission of crafted markup to an HtmlArea field throws an unhandled exception out of form validation or allocates an arbitrary amount of memory, and an application whose language handle subclass defines side effecting public methods makes those callable with attacker chosen arguments. The other field types pass fixed templates with the submitted value in an argument slot, where it stays inert, and are unaffected.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
CPANSec
CPANSec
CPANSec
CPANSec

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') CPANSec  
CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine CPANSec  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-13051
NVD Published Date:
08/13/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/13/2026
Source:
CPANSec