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CVE-2010-4368· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 on Windows accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary co

awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 on Windows accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted configuration file located at a UNC share pathname.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 2, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.5% · 84th percentile
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Action score

31

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
awstatsawstats
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

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

  • awstats awstatsup to 6.95 inclusive
  • awstats awstats1.0
  • awstats awstats2.1.
  • awstats awstats2.2.3
  • awstats awstats2.2.4
  • awstats awstats3.0
  • awstats awstats3.1
  • awstats awstats3.2
  • awstats awstats4.0
  • awstats awstats4.1
  • awstats awstats5.0
  • awstats awstats5.1
  • awstats awstats5.2
  • awstats awstats5.3
  • awstats awstats5.4
  • awstats awstats5.5
  • awstats awstats5.6
  • awstats awstats5.7
  • awstats awstats5.8
  • awstats awstats5.9

Same product

awstats: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-0116AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir
    52Plan
  • 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

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

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-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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

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