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CVE-2008-5080

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the query_string parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.

Published

2008-12-03T18:30:00.430

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application awstats awstats ≤ 6.8 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.0 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.1 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.2 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.3 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.4 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.5 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.6 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.7 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.8 Yes
Application awstats awstats 5.9 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.0 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.1 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.2 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.3 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.4 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.5 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.6 Yes
Application awstats awstats 6.7 Yes
References