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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5080

CVE-2008-5080

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.

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Affected products

20
  • AWStats/Awstats20 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.8
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=6.8

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