Path Traversal in Awstats
CVE-2017-1000501
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Awstats
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.awstats.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1000501?
- CVE-2017-1000501 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Awstats, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1000501?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-1000501 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.