CVE-2026-73259 PUBLISHED

Mongoose: Reflected XSS via decoded URI in directory listing render

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.08.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 20.08.2026

Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, a remote attacker can send a crafted percent-encoded request path to a deployment using MG_ENABLE_DIRLIST and persuade a user to visit it. The mg_http_serve_dir() and listdir() path in src/http.c places the decoded request URI into the title and h1 elements without HTML entity encoding. The resulting reflected cross-site scripting executes in the Mongoose origin and can expose session data or perform actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.4

Product Status

Vendor cesanta
Product mongoose
Versions
  • Version < 7.22 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE