awstats: incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714 XSS issue
Published Dec 3, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.09%
Description
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the query_string parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 6.8
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.6
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 5.9
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.6
- 6.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01089) | 64.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01089) | 60.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 55.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00349) | 72.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00349) | 71.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00349) | 67.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 54.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33002 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5080 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5080
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5080
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33002 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5080 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5080 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5080 |
Change history (0)
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