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high 7.5

CVE-2005-0116 in the critical feed json

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir…

published 2005-01-18 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0117

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
74.9%
EPSS 74.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

  • awstats Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.2-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

74.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec AWStats configdir Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2005-01-15
  • EDB-16905 AWStats 6.1 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2009-12-26
  • EDB-9912 AWStats 6.2 < 6.1 - configdir Command Injection (Metasploit) webapps, 2005-01-15
  • EDB-773 AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution webapps, 2005-01-25
  • EDB-772 AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution webapps, 2005-01-25
  • idefense.com http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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