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CVE-2008-5080 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33002 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116 CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
awstats awstats
<= 6.8
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5080
NVD Published Date:
Dec 3, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]