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…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 16.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- GNU wget - Cookie Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44601local, linuxpublished 6 May 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44601 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.5% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
WGet
- affected WGet
References
13
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/gnu-wget-cookie-injection.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53763 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=1fc9c95ec144499e69dc8ec76dbe07799d7d82cd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201806-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-4195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 104129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1040838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 44601 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- USN-3643-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180511 [SECURITY] [DLA 1375-1] wget security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2018-05/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3643-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-1317 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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