9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2024-38428
Wget URLSemicolonsInUserinfoSubcomponent Weakness
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 16, 2024, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:25 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-38428 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-38428 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu wget
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 30, 2024, 10:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.

None

HTML C# CSS JavaScript Dockerfile

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Aug. 30, 2023, 8:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 62 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-38428 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • tripwire.com
VERT Threat Alert: August 2024 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1119 as soon as coverage is completed.CVE ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 13, 2024 (4 months, 1 week ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38428 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace
    Added Reference https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241115-0005/
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-436
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace No Types Assigned https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html Mailing List, Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-436
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.24.5
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace [No types assigned]
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