CVE-2008-5080

N/A Unknown
Published: December 03, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33002
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

awstats