Vulnerability CVE-2021-31879


Published: 2021-04-29

Description:
GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.

Type:

CWE-601

(URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
GNU -> WGET 

 References:
https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2021-02/msg00002.html

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