CVE-2008-5080

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5080
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-03T18:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:19:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.8
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396 Vendor Advisory
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5080
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5080
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:16 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 03:02:45 2023-02-13T02:19:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:02:46 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. 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. Description updated