SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-5080

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.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.09%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.09% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
awstats/awstats
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.