---
id: CVE-2026-114627
title: >-
  Web::Simple versions before 0.036 for Perl do not escape values interpolated
  into double-quoted strings in HTML::Tags output
summary: >-
  Web::Simple versions before 0.036 for Perl do not escape values interpolated
  into double-quoted strings in HTML::Tags output.


  Under use HTML::Tags or use XML::Tags, a double-quoted string literal becomes
  a StringThing object that holds …
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-79
product: Web-Simple
affected:
  - Web-Simple < 0.036
published: '2026-11-04'
updated: '2026-11-04'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-04T18:05:41.509Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-114627'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/p5sagit/Web-Simple/commit/01e575827fdd9ba3a08063fd414b1de465380015.patch
  - url: 'https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Web-Simple-0.036/changes'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.477Z'
epss: 0.00227
epssPercentile: 0.13529
---

## Overview

Web::Simple versions before 0.036 for Perl do not escape values interpolated into double-quoted strings in HTML::Tags output.

Under use HTML::Tags or use XML::Tags, a double-quoted string literal becomes a StringThing object that holds each interpolated value as a separate part. The escaping step passes such objects through, and stringify joins their interpolated parts as is. A value passed on its own, as in <p>, $value, </p>, is entity-escaped, but the same value in "Hello $value" is not.

An attacker who controls a value that an application interpolates into a double-quoted string can inject script into the generated page.

## Affected

- `Web-Simple < 0.036`

## Remediation

Upgrade to Web-Simple 0.036 or later.