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medium 5.1

CVE-2006-2237 json

The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell…

published 2006-05-08 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2238

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
59.1%
EPSS 59.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter.

Patch / fix

  • awstats Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2237

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

59.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_migrate_exec AWStats migrate Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2006-05-04
  • EDB-16886 AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - migrate Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2010-07-03
  • EDB-9909 AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser Command Injection (Metasploit) webapps, 2006-05-04
  • EDB-1755 AWStats 6.5 - 'migrate' Remote Shell Command Injection webapps, 2006-05-06

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.