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TI-2005-00324 Aliases CVE-2005-0362GHSA-gxfj-hj3g-hcm2

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
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.pl in AWStats 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) "pluginmode", (2) "loadplugin", or (3) "noloadplugin" parameters.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01793 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.7VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.9VulnerableAwstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.9 Vulnerable ·Awstats
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3VulnerableAwstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 Vulnerable ·Awstats

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0362
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gxfj-hj3g-hcm2

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2005-00101 AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • 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
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Sources

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