CVE-2008-5080

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5080
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-03 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionawstats.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Awstats Awstats 5.0 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.1 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.2 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.3 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.4 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.5 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.6 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.7 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.8 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 5.9 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.0 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.1 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.2 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.3 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.4 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.5 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.6 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.7 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#495432 - XSS in awstats < 6.9beta (upstream bug 2001151) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Bug 474396 – CVE-2008-5080 awstats: incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714 XSS issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-686-1: AWStats vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for awstats - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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