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    CVE-2006-2644

    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.

    Published:May 30, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 30, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01038
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Awstats
    Product
    Awstats

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2022-46391 (CVSS 6.1) — AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without …
    CVE-2020-35176 (CVSS 5.3) — In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /…
    CVE-2020-29600 (CVSS 9.8) — In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended t…
    CVE-2018-10245 (CVSS 5.3) — A Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in AWStats through 7.6 allows remote attackers to know where the config f…
    CVE-2017-1000501 (CVSS 9.8) — Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "mi…
    CVE-2010-4368 (CVSS 7.5) — awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 on Windows accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote att…
    CVE-2010-4367 (CVSS 7.5) — awstats.cgi in AWStats before 7.0 accepts a configdir parameter in the URL, which allows remote attackers to e…
    CVE-2010-4369 (CVSS 6.4) — Directory traversal vulnerability in AWStats before 7.0 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact …

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20164
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20283
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20502
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20710
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html
    http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20164
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20283
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20502
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20710
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html
    http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High