HIGH
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
Published Jan 19, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 74.94%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
74.94% 0.74941
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.74941
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 74.94% (0.74941) | 99.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 74.54% (0.74542) | 99.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 92.18% (0.92181) | 99.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.13% (0.97134) | 99.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 97.21% (0.97215) | 99.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2023 | 97.27% (0.97274) | 99.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.30% (0.97299) | 99.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 79.59% (0.79593) | 99.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 79.59% (0.79593) | 99.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/13002 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/13002 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 19, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0116
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a