CVE-2017-1000501
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.35% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- awstats/awstats · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.awstats.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092Third Party Advisory
- http://www.awstats.org/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.