CVE-2005-0435
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to read server web logs by setting the loadplugin and pluginmode parameters to…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to read server web logs by setting the loadplugin and pluginmode parameters to rawlog.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- AWStats 6.4 - Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 817dos, cgipublished 14 Feb 2005Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 14299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- awstats-awstatpl-obtain-information(19333) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050214 AWStats <= 6.4 Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2005-0436 (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-2005-0435)Record last updated .