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CVE-2024-10524

GNU Wget is vulnerable to an SSRF attack when accessing partially-user-controlled shorthand URLs

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.25.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will cause Wget to access an arbitrary host.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • gnu wget

    fixed in 1.25.0

References 3

seclists.org

jfrog.com

git.savannah.gnu.org