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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.
High8.8EPSS 46.1%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 46.1% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- [info-gnu] 20160609 GNU wget 1.18 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201610-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 40064 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2587 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1036133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-3012-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 91530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .