GHSA-5g6j-m3pv-4f7g: Mongoose: Stored XSS via unescaped filenames in directory listing

Published Aug 20, 2026
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Updated

Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, an attacker who can create a file with an HTML payload in its name can trigger stored cross-site scripting when a user browses a directory served with MGENABLEDIRLIST. The printdirentry() path called by listdir() in src/http.c URL-encodes the href but inserts the raw filesystem filename into the HTML link text. The browser executes the injected markup in the Mongoose origin, which can expose session data or permit actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Cesanta Mongoose<7.22

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Mongoose to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7.22

Event History

Aug 20, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·05:37 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·05:37 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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