AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Eldy
  • Awstats

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References
Link Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest spirity
https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00013.html cve-icon
https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Title Command Injection in AWStats via Open Function

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-78
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Eldy
Eldy awstats
Vendors & Products Eldy
Eldy awstats

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-25T22:10:36.546Z

Reserved: 2025-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-63261

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T22:10:36.546Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-20T21:17:12.800

Modified: 2026-03-25T23:17:07.273

Link: CVE-2025-63261

cve-icon Redhat

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