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TI-2008-04833 Aliases CVE-2008-5080GHSA-hmvc-j5gw-8prm

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which…

Priority LOW 22CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01089 65th 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 · 19

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.8VulnerableAwstats
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:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6VulnerableAwstats
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.8 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:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6 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
Show 9 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.9VulnerableAwstats
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:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6VulnerableAwstats
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.7VulnerableAwstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.9 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • 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
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6 Vulnerable ·Awstats
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 Vulnerable ·Awstats

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5080
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmvc-j5gw-8prm

References

Advisory 2

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
See all 25 →

Sources

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