CVE-2020-35176
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf
02 Description
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf
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
- 2.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2020-12-11 23:16Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 17:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d48cce4ce31cb724a31d7b6a1738dc1a6bb30512535d759eef9f51c4dff08a8d
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201223 [SECURITY] [DLA 2506-1] awstats security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-4cba5f2846https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-d1aa0e030chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- awstats Fixed in 7.8-3
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- awstats Fixed in 7.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- awstats Fixed in 7.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- awstats Fixed in 7.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- awstats Fixed in 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- awstats Fixed in 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- awstats Fixed in 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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.