Description
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: 2008-12-03
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5059 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-686-1 AWStats vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:16.956Z

Reserved: 2008-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5080

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-03T18:30:00.430

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5080

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