CVE-2025-11563 (GCVE-0-2025-11563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 07:20 – Updated: 2026-02-25 07:24
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Title
wcurl path traversal with percent-encoded slashes
Summary
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
curl curl Affected: 8.17.0 , ≤ 8.17.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.15.0 , ≤ 8.15.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.14.1 , ≤ 8.14.1 (semver)
Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver)
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Credits
Stanislav Fort (Aisle Research) Samuel Henrique Sergio Durigan Junior Xi Ruoyao
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