CVE-2005-0436 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-02-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0437	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04734.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14299
http://www.osvdb.org/13832
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/390368
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19336

History

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Subscriptions

Awstats Awstats

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.161Z

Reserved: 2005-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0436

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0436

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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