CVE catalog

CVE-2008-5080

awstats: CVE-2008-5080

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.09% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianawstatssid8.0-5fixed
Debianawstatsforky8.0-5fixed
Debianawstatstrixie7.9-1+deb13u2fixed
Debianawstatsbookworm7.8-3+deb12u2fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianawstatssourcesid6.7.dfsg-5.1lowNot reported[495432]
Debianawstatssourceforky6.7.dfsg-5.1lowNot reported[495432]
Debianawstatssourcetrixie6.7.dfsg-5.1lowNot reported[495432]
Debianawstatssourcebookworm6.7.dfsg-5.1lowNot reported[495432]

[Debian bug #495432]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [awstats]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.7.dfsg-5.1

      dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12

    • 7.8-3+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.7.dfsg-5.1

      dsa · awstats · debian · bookworm; dsa · awstats · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [awstats]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.7.dfsg-5.1

      dsa · awstats · debian · 13

    • 7.9-1+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.7.dfsg-5.1

      dsa · awstats · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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