Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-20483
set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 12.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
Products affected by CVE-2018-20483
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.4-1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.16.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.5
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