CVE-2020-29600
CRITICALAWStats < 7.7 - Path Traversal via config Parameter
Title source: llmDescription
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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
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