CVE-2011-2201

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Data::FormValidator module 4.66 and earlier for Perl, when untaint_all_constraints is enabled, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via form input.

Affected products

Mark Stosberg Data::Formvalidator: through 4.66; 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7 (+65)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629511
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065416.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48167
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712694
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=61792
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629511
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065416.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/13

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