CVE-2024-38428

Published Jun 16, 2024

Last updated 19 days ago

CVSS critical 9.1

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-436
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-436

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CFC92ECA-B3E9-413B-A576-D563F357A047",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.24.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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