CVE-2018-0494
GNU Wget before 1.19.5 is prone to a cookie injection vulnerability in the resp_new function in http.c via a \r\n sequence in a continuation line.
02 Description
GNU Wget before 1.19.5 is prone to a cookie injection vulnerability in the resp_new function in http.c via a \r\n sequence in a continuation line.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-05-06 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 03:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-11-27
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bebf3d93f54f5e62d6adec2603a737b6f1df66befa85e09c10879f78f3b1dda9
05 Affected products
06 References
- sintonen.fihttps://sintonen.fi/advisories/gnu-wget-cookie-injection.txt
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3052https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3052
- savannah.gnu.orghttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53763
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=1fc9c95ec144499e69dc8ec76dbe07799d7d82cd
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201806-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-01
- www.debian.orgDSA-4195https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4195
- www.securityfocus.com104129http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104129
- www.securitytracker.com1040838http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040838
- www.exploit-db.com44601https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44601/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3643-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-2/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180511 [SECURITY] [DLA 1375-1] wget security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00006.html
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2018-05/msg00020.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3643-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wget Fixed in 1.19.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wget Fixed in 1.19.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wget Fixed in 1.19.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wget Fixed in 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wget Fixed in 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wget Fixed in 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.