CVE-2006-2237
The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 59.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- AWStats migrate Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_migrate_execRank excellentdisclosed 4 May 2006
Exploit-DB3 entries
- AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - migrate Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16886webapps, cgipublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- AWStats 6.5 - 'migrate' Remote Shell Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1755webapps, cgipublished 6 May 2006Verified
- AWStats 6.4 < 6.5 - AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9909webapps, cgipublished 4 May 2006Verified
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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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 59.1% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- 20710 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/awstats_security_news.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- awstats-migrate-command-execution(26287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- USN-285-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2df297a2-dc74-11da-a22b-000c6ec775d9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 19969 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17844 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-2238 (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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