CVE catalog

CVE-2005-0116

awstats: CVE-2005-0116

Severity: Medium
Published: Jan 18, 2005, 5:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 74.94% · Oct 25, 2026

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	awstats	sid	`8.0-5`	fixed
Debian	awstats	forky	`8.0-5`	fixed
Debian	awstats	trixie	`7.9-1+deb13u2`	fixed
Debian	awstats	bookworm	`7.8-3+deb12u2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	awstats	source	sid	`6.2-1.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	awstats	source	forky	`6.2-1.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	awstats	source	trixie	`6.2-1.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	awstats	source	bookworm	`6.2-1.1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[awstats]Fixed
Details (2)
- 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.2-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12
- 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.2-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[awstats]Fixed
Details (2)
- 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.2-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · 13
- 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.2-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:33 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]