GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2252 is rated Moderate Risk (57/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-24 | 4.93% | 3.83% | -1.10% |
| 2 | 2026-04-12 | 6.25% | 4.93% | -1.32% |
| 3 | 2026-03-05 | — | 6.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
low | CVE-2010-2252 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wget), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2252 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2010-2252: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-10), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/wget); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2252 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2252 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2010-2252 severity moderate: SUSE including 13 source package names (wget-1.14-10.3, wget-1.14-20.1, …), 21 product×package rows across 20 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (20 product lines)): Fixed 21. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2252/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2010-2252 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wget), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 5, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2252 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | wget | <= 1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.8 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.9.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.10.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.10.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.11.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.11.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.11.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | wget | 1.11.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |