VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-2252

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-07-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references