Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query_string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3681 and CVE-2006-1945.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | awstats | 6.7.dfsg-5.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | awstats | 6.7.dfsg-5.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | awstats | 6.7.dfsg-5.1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | awstats | 6.5+dfsg-1+etch1 | DSA-1679-1 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- AWStats 6.8 - 'AWStats.pl' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-32258 · webapps · Aug 18, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- DSA-1679-1 awstats - cross-site scripting Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 32939 third-party-advisory
- 31519 third-party-advisory
- 33002 third-party-advisory
- 31759 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1679 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-2399 vdb-entry
- 1020704 vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2001151&group_id=13764&atid=113764
- awstats-awstats-xss(44504) vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:203 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-7663 vendor-advisory
- 30730 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7684 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
- USN-686-1 vendor-advisory