THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2252
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2252

Wget vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Wget
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2010-07-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2252

  • Confirm whether Gnu Wget is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2252.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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