CVE-2020-35176
MEDIUMAWStats < 7.8 - Path Traversal via Partial Absolute Pathname
Title source: llmDescription
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), 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 and CVE-2020-29600.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/195
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/BRHYCKLW5VPM6KP2WZW6DCCVHVBG7YCW/
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
5.3
EPSS
0.0183
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (4)
awstats/awstats
< 7.8
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
Published
Dec 12, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026