CVE-2025-11563 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the wcurl command-line tool within curl and haxx curl. This flaw allows an attacker to craft URLs with percent-encoded slashes, enabling wcurl to save output files outside the intended directory without explicit user consent. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N), the vulnerability requires user interaction and could lead to limited data confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2024-12-08, < 2025-11-09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:curl:wcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.14.0, <= 8.14.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.14.1, <= 8.14.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.15.0, <= 8.15.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.16.0, <= 8.16.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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