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CVE-2010-2252

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to...

6.8 MediumFix available

CVE-2010-2252 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Gnu Wget, published July 6, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.21%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in wget 1.12-2.1.

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.

Exploit likelihood

4.21%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2252
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2252
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2264 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2010-2264
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hqjw-x4mf-w7v2 No score

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to...

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.

Record
GHSA-hqjw-x4mf-w7v2
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2252
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2252 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2252
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10263-1 No score

wget-1.18-2.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the wget-1.18-2.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10263-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wget
Debian:12
before 1.12-2.1
1.12-2.1
wget
Debian:13
before 1.12-2.1
1.12-2.1
wget
Debian:14
before 1.12-2.1
1.12-2.1
wget
Debian:5.0
before 1.11.4-2+lenny2, plus listed versions
1.11.4-21.11.4-2+lenny1
1.11.4-2+lenny2
wget
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
0:1.12-1.11.el6_5
wget
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.18-2.3
1.18-2.3

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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