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TI-2006-02553 Aliases CVE-2006-2644GHSA-cpq2-7cfm-gfc2

AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute…

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02712 86th 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 · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4_1:sarge1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4_1 sarge1VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5_1VulnerableAwstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4_1:sarge1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4_1 sarge1 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5_1 Vulnerable ·Awstats

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2644
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cpq2-7cfm-gfc2

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • 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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