CVE-2024-38428
Critical
Published: 16 June 2024
Published
16 June 2024
Modified
21 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0020
41.6th percentile
Risk Priority
18
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2024-38428 is a critical-severity Interpretation Conflict (CWE-436) vulnerability in Gnu Wget. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 41.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37320
Vulnerability details
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…
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the host subcomponent.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
gnu
wget
≤ 1.24.5
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.