Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0116

Description

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.

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Affected products

AWStats/Awstats2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.3
- (no CPE)range: <6.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/13893/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdfnvd
www.osvdb.org/13002nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298nvd

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