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Vulnerability details: VCID-rk2k-3ke9-h3ev
Vulnerability ID VCID-rk2k-3ke9-h3ev
Aliases CVE-2018-0494
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.4
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0494.json
epss 0.73918 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
epss 0.75788 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
cvssv3 5.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3052
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0494.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0494
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0494
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=1fc9c95ec144499e69dc8ec76dbe07799d7d82cd
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00006.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2018-05/msg00020.html
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53763
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-01
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/gnu-wget-cookie-injection.txt
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4195
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44601/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104129
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040838
1575634 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1575634
898076 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=898076
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-0494 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/20
CVE-2018-0494 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/44601.txt
CVE-2018-0494 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494
USN-3643-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-1/
USN-3643-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3643-2/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 9, 2018
Description GNU wget - Cookie Injection
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date May 6, 2018
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date May 9, 2018
Source URL http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0494.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98761
EPSS Score 0.73918
Published At July 31, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:34:13.938660+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.15/main.json 37.0.0