True but considering most peoples use of CGI is without a framework (otherwise you might as well just use that framework as the HTTP server) you're then having

True but considering most peoples use of CGI is without a framework (otherwise you might as well just use that framework as the HTTP server) you're then having to place a lot of trust in the developer not to accidentally foot-gun themselves. It's like the Rust argument. Sure, a skilled developer could write good code in C++ but languages like Rust make it harder to accidentally foot-gun yourself and more obvious in the code when you do happen to do it.