Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting awstats package, versions <7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-AWSTATS-3153880
  • published 5 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 4 Dec 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 awstats to version 7.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream awstats package and not the awstats package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None