VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-63261
AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.05%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.05% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- awstats/awstats · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.plProduct
- https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.