CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0363

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

AWStats 4.0 and 6.2 contain a vulnerability in the awstats.pl script that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the config parameter.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take control of the server, steal data, or install malware, posing a critical threat to system confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

Immediately update AWStats to the latest version and apply input filtering for the config parameter to prevent shell metacharacter injection.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

awstats.pl in AWStats 4.0 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the config parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS