CVE DATABASE / CVE-2008-5080
CVE-2008-5080
CVSS 4.3 · MEDIUM
Summary
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the query_string parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 4.3 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | MEDIUM |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Awstats awstats
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33002
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.