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AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
A Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in AWStats through 7.6 allows remote attackers to know where the config file is allocated, obtaining the full path of the server, a similar issue to CVE-2006-3682. The attack can, for example, use the awstats.pl framename and update parameters.
In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501.
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted configuration file located on a (1) WebDAV server or (2) NFS server.
Directory traversal vulnerability in AWStats before 7.0 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted LoadPlugin directory.
awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 on Windows accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted configuration file located at a UNC share pathname.
Open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats before 6.95 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
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 querystring parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3714 to the following vulnerability:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the querystring, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3681 and CVE-2006-1945.
References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/showbug.cgi?id=235225
Upstream patch:
http://awstats.cvs.sourceforge.net/awstats/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?r1=1.910&r2=1.912
Upstream bug report:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2001151&groupid=13764&atid=113764
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3714 to the following vulnerability:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the querystring, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3681 and CVE-2006-1945.
References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/showbug.cgi?id=235225
Upstream patch:
http://awstats.cvs.sourceforge.net/awstats/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?r1=1.910&r2=1.912
Upstream bug report:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2001151&groupid=13764&atid=113764
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 build 1.857 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) refererpagesfilter, (2) refererpagesfilterex, (3) urlfilterex, (4) urlfilter, (5) hostfilter, or (6) hostfilterex parameters, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-1945.
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 build 1.857 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via the (1) year, (2) pluginmode or (3) month parameters.
AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive.
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.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter. NOTE: this might be the same core issue as CVE-2005-2732.
AWStats 6.4, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a file that does not exist in the config parameter, which reveals the path in an error message.
Eval injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.4 and earlier, when a URLPlugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the HTTP Referrer, which is used in a $url parameter that is inserted into an eval function call.
awstats.pl in AWStats 4.0 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the config parameter.
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to read server web logs by setting the loadplugin and pluginmode parameters to rawlog.
Directory traversal vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary Perl modules via .. (dot dot) sequences in the loadplugin parameter.
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by setting the debug parameter.
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.
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) "pluginmode", (2) "loadplugin", or (3) "noloadplugin" parameters.
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.