CVE-2005-0116
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 74.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- AWStats configdir Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_execRank excellentdisclosed 15 Jan 2005
Exploit-DB4 entries
- AWStats 6.1 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16905webapps, cgipublished 26 Dec 2009Verified
- AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 772webapps, cgipublished 25 Jan 2005Verified
- AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 773webapps, cgipublished 25 Jan 2005Verified
- AWStats 6.2 < 6.1 - configdir Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9912webapps, cgipublished 15 Jan 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.9% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20050117 AWStats Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 12298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#272296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 13002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 13893 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0117 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0116)Record last updated .