- Description
- URLs containing percent-encoded slashes (`/` or `\`) can trick wcurl into saving the output file outside of the current directory without the user explicitly asking for it. This flaw only affects the wcurl command line tool.
- Source
- 2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- wcurl
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 2.5
- Exploitability score
- 2.1
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-22
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
CVE-2025-11563 URLs containing percent-encoded slashes (`/` or `\`) can trick wcurl into saving the output file outside of the current directory without the user explicitly asking f… https://t.co/pkOdlgYUUA
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CVE-2025-11563: wcurl: path traversal with percent-encoded slashes https://t.co/t2A0l118SZ Affected versions: wcurl shipped with curl 8.14.0 to and including 8.16.0, wcurl 2024.12.08 to and including 2025.09.27
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4 Nov 2025
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