CVE-2025-63261 json
AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
published 2026-03-20 7 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-208911
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.1%
- EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
Patch / fix
- awstats Debian 12 7.8-3+deb12u2
- awstats Debian 13 7.9-1+deb13u1
- awstats Debian 14 8.0-5
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-63261
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-63261 updated cvss 8.8
AWStats: AWStats: Arbitrary code execution via command injection vulnerability
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- pentest-tools.com https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
References
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pentest-tools.com
/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf
exploit, third-party-advisory
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github.com
/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
product
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00013.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-63261
- NVD CVE-2025-63261
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