CVE-2014-4877 is an absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget versions prior to 1.16, allowing malicious FTP servers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code when recursion is enabled. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, has a high potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its recognized exploitability and impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.