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CVE-2005-0116· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir

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.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Jan 18, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
74.9% · 99th percentile
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Action score

52

Plan

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CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
22 / 30 · 74.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
awstatsawstats

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • awstats awstatsup to 6.3 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12awstatsbefore 6.2-1.16.2-1.1

Same product

awstats: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-29600In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc
    40Plan
  • CVE-2017-1000501Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in
    40Plan
  • CVE-2010-4367awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2006-2237The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2005-0436Direct code injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute portions of Perl code via the Pl
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2025-63261AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:awstats6.2-1.1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×4

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2005-01-25
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2005-01-25
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2009-12-26
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2005-01-15
Metasploit moduleexploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_execAWStats configdir Remote Command Executionexploit2005-01-15

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-3 d
  2. Metasploit-3 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+7925 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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