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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21
http://secunia.com/advisories/33002
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:::::::*

Information

Published : 2008-12-03 10:30

Updated : 2023-02-12 18:19

NVD link : CVE-2008-5080

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5080

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Products Affected

awstats

awstats

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