CVE-2024-38428
url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.67% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-436
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242aceMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Patch
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242aceMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00029.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0005/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.