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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0436 json

Direct code injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute portions of Perl code via the P…

published 2005-02-15 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0437

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Direct code injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute portions of Perl code via the PluginMode parameter.

Patch / fix

  • awstats Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0436

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-817)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-817 AWStats 6.4 - Denial of Service dos, 2005-02-14
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/390368 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

References

Sources

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