{
    "id": "CVE-2016-4971",
    "published": "2016-06-30 17:59:07",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:48:31",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.",
    "epss_score": "0.46060",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98770",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:31",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "wget"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "solaris"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "paloaltonetworks",
            "product": "pan-os"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "49815",
            "title": "GNU Wget < 1.18 - Arbitrary File Upload (2)",
            "date": "2021-04-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49815"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40064",
            "title": "GNU Wget < 1.18 - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2016-07-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1",
        "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11",
        "https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/",
        "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1",
        "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11",
        "https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971"
    ]
}