CVE-2005-0116 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 74.94% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-01-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| awstats | awstats |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | AWStats 6.1 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2009-12-26 |
| exploit-db | AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution | 2005-01-25 |
| exploit-db | AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution | 2005-01-25 |
| exploit-db | AWStats 6.2 < 6.1 - configdir Command Injection (Metasploit) | 2005-01-15 |
References
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296
- http://www.osvdb.org/13002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296
- http://www.osvdb.org/13002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298
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