TI-2005-00101 Aliases CVE-2005-0116 GHSA-3vg9-7c42-3mxf

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

HIGH 72CWE-20Published 2005-01-19 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.74941 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats::::::::	up to 6.3	Vulnerable	Awstats

cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.3 Vulnerable ·Awstats

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0116
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3vg9-7c42-3mxf

References

Exploit 1

20050117 AWStats Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Patch 2

Other 2

TI-2006-02178 The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
TI-2010-04100 awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2020-17782 In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-14709 Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2005-00394 Direct code injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-39268 AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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