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CVE-2016-4971

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 45.93% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-4971
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
45.93%

Original NVD 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.