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CVE-2005-0116
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the…
High7.5EPSS 74.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.9% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20050117 AWStats Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 12298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#272296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 13002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 13893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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