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.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace	Mailing List Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html	Mailing List Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace	Mailing List Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00029.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html	Mailing List Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0005/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Apr 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00029.html -

Information

Published : 2024-06-16 03:15

Updated : 2025-04-21 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-38428

Mitre link : CVE-2024-38428

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-38428

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

wget

CWE

CWE-436

Interpretation Conflict

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