CVE-2005-0116
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.
02 Description
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 74.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-01-19 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ae76c3b622dd80e2da57b4f83f774c64bf7cfe01978534369df9de92121ae709
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.idefense.com20050117 AWStats Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
- www.securityfocus.com12298http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298
- packetstormsecurity.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#272296http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296
- www.osvdb.org13002http://www.osvdb.org/13002
- secunia.com13893http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/
- awstats.sourceforge.nethttp://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- awstats Fixed in 6.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- awstats Fixed in 6.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- awstats Fixed in 6.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.