CVE-2016-4971
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 46.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 46.06% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 July 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/wget · canonical/ubuntu linux · oracle/solaris · paloaltonetworks/pan-os
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 46.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.