CVE-2026-73254

Description

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 MG_ENABLE_DIRLIST. 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.

Weakness classification

• security-advisories@github.com: CWE-79

Primary references

• security-advisories@github.com — Patch
• security-advisories@github.com — Issue Tracking, Patch
• security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes
• security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory