Path Traversal in Awstats
CVE-2020-29600
In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Awstats
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-29600?
- CVE-2020-29600 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Awstats, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-07.
- How severe is CVE-2020-29600?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-29600 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.