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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-36827

The XAO::Web module before 1.84 for Perl mishandles < and > characters in JSON output during use of json-embed in Web::Action.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:45 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-36827

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Mar 2024, 01:15 UTC

The XAO::Web module before 1.84 for Perl mishandles < and > characters in JSON output during use of json-embed in Web::Action.

osv:CVE-2020-36827
Complete source record
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