CVE-2020-29600

CRITICAL

AWStats < 7.7 - Path Traversal via config Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0291
EPSS Percentile 85.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
awstats/awstats < 7.7
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 32
Published Dec 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026