CVE-2018-0494

wget: Cookie injection allows malicious website to write arbitrary cookie entries into cookie jar

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 6, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A cookie injection flaw was found in wget. An attacker can create a malicious website which, when accessed, overrides cookies belonging to arbitrary domains.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation