Security Advisories (4)
CVE-2010-4410 (2010-12-27)

Newlines in headers, which could lead to header injection attacks.

CPANSA-CGI-Simple-2010-01 (2010-12-27)

Non-random multipart boundary.

CVE-2010-2761 (2010-12-06)

The multipart_init function in (1) CGI.pm before 3.50 and (2) Simple.pm in CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier uses a hardcoded value of the MIME boundary string in multipart/x-mixed-replace content, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted input that contains this value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3172.

CVE-2025-40927 (2025-08-29)

CGI::Simple versions before 1.282 for Perl has a HTTP response splitting flaw This vulnerability is a confirmed HTTP response splitting flaw in CGI::Simple that allows HTTP response header injection, which can be used for reflected XSS or open redirect under certain conditions. Although some validation exists, it can be bypassed using URL-encoded values, allowing an attacker to inject untrusted content into the response via query parameters. As a result, an attacker can inject a line break (e.g. %0A) into the parameter value, causing the server to split the HTTP response and inject arbitrary headers or even an HTML/JavaScript body, leading to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS), open redirect or other attacks. The issue documented in CVE-2010-4410 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4410 is related but the fix was incomplete. Impact By injecting %0A (newline) into a query string parameter, an attacker can: * Break the current HTTP header * Inject a new header or entire body * Deliver a script payload that is reflected in the server’s response That can lead to the following attacks: * reflected XSS * open redirect * cache poisoning * header manipulation

Changes for version 1.1.1 - 2007-07-31

  • Removed nasty global trap of __DIE__ in CGI::Standard. Thanks to Jeremy Morton for reporting it.

Modules

A Simple totally OO CGI interface that is CGI.pm compliant
Interface to Netscape Cookies
a wrapper module for CGI::Simple that provides a function style interface
Internal utilities used by CGI::Simple module