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CVE-2026-73259— Mongoose: Reflected XSS via decoded URI in directory listing render

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Affected
cesanta mongoose
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Cesanta Mongoose是爱尔兰Cesanta公司开源的一个嵌入式Web服务器。 Cesanta Mongoose 7.22之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于mg_http_serve_dir()和listdir()路径将解码后的请求URI放入title和h1元素时未进行HTML实体编码，可能导致反射型跨站脚本攻击，暴露会话数据或以受害者身份执行操作。

CVSS 5.4 · Medium EPSS 0.41% · P33

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
cesanta mongoose < 7.22 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-73259

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Mongoose: Reflected XSS via decoded URI in directory listing render
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
在Web页面生成时对输入的转义处理不恰当(跨站脚本)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Cesanta Mongoose 跨站脚本漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Cesanta Mongoose是爱尔兰Cesanta公司开源的一个嵌入式Web服务器。 Cesanta Mongoose 7.22之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于mg_http_serve_dir()和listdir()路径将解码后的请求URI放入title和h1元素时未进行HTML实体编码，可能导致反射型跨站脚本攻击，暴露会话数据或以受害者身份执行操作。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-73259 (1)

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Same Patch Batch · cesanta · 2026-08-20 · 8 CVEs total

CVE-2026-73251 9.3 CRITICAL Mongoose Built-in TLS: CA-bundle certificate chain accepted without any signature verifica
CVE-2026-73257 9.1 CRITICAL Mongoose: Content-Length + Transfer-Encoding coexistence enables request smuggling
CVE-2026-73256 9.1 CRITICAL Mongoose: HTTP/1.0 detection off-by-one enables request smuggling via chunked TE
CVE-2026-73253 9.1 CRITICAL Mongoose: TLS Hostname Verification Bypass via Overly Permissive Wildcard Matching
CVE-2026-73258 6.5 MEDIUM Mongoose: Multipart boundary/header scan logic error in mg_http_next_multipart
CVE-2026-73255 6.5 MEDIUM Mongoose: Path traversal in SSI #include directives enables arbitrary file read
CVE-2026-73254 5.4 MEDIUM Mongoose: Stored XSS via unescaped filenames in directory listing

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: mongoose
Same vendor: cesanta
Same weakness: CWE-79

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