CVE-2018-0494
GNU Wget before 1.19.5 is prone to a cookie injection vulnerability in the resp_new function in http.c via a \r\n sequence in a continuation line.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
GNU Wget before 1.19.5 is prone to a cookie injection vulnerability in the resp_new function in http.c via a \r\n sequence in a continuation line.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 16.49% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 May 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- gnu/wget · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS moved from 15.5% on 21 September 2026 to 16.5% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 16.8% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040838Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3052Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=1fc9c95ec144499e69dc8ec76dbe07799d7d82cdThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2018-05/msg00020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53763Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-01Third Party Advisory
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/gnu-wget-cookie-injection.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4195Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44601/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040838Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3052Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=1fc9c95ec144499e69dc8ec76dbe07799d7d82cdThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2018-05/msg00020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53763Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-01Third Party Advisory
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/gnu-wget-cookie-injection.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4195Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44601/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.