Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-11563

Title: Path traversal in wcurl via percent-encoded slashes

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-11563.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Feb 25, 2026
Modified Date Feb 26, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.30%

Vulnerability Summary

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 for it. This flaw only affects the wcurl command line tool.

Impacted Vendors

D
daniel_stenberg 1
H
haxx 1
C
curl 1

Reference Links

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.html https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-11563.json http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/04/1
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-11563 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.