CVE-2020-29600

CRITICAL EPSS 85.2%
Published Dec 7, 20205y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Dec 7, 2020 5y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In AWStats through 7.7, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts an absolute pathname, even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
85.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
awstatsawstats* ≤7.7
debiandebian_linux9.0any
fedoraprojectfedora32any

References 4

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469
    ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.