CVE catalog

CVE-2005-1527

awstats: CVE-2005-1527

Severity: High
Published: Aug 15, 2005, 4:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 3.00% · Oct 25, 2026

Eval injection vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.4 and earlier, when a URLPlugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the HTTP Referrer, which is used in a $url parameter that is inserted into an eval function call.

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	`6.4-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[322591]
Debian	awstats	source	forky	`6.4-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[322591]
Debian	awstats	source	trixie	`6.4-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[322591]
Debian	awstats	source	bookworm	`6.4-1.1`	medium	Not reported	[322591]

[Debian bug #322591]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[awstats]Fixed
Details (2)
- 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.4-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12
- 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.4-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[awstats]Fixed
Details (2)
- 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.4-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · 13
- 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.4-1.1
  dsa · awstats · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:37 PM UTC

References

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