CVE-2024-10524

Publication date 19 November 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will cause Wget to access an arbitrary host.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Uncommon attack scenario

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wget	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

mdeslaur

the upstream fix removes shorthand support for URLs. Fixing this will change behaviour and may break existing uses of wget. This is only an issue when using a wget shorthand format URL with user-provided input, which should be an uncommon scenario.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wget	Upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=wget.git;a=commit;h=c419542d956a2607bbce5df64b9d378a8588d778

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L