CVE-2008-5080
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (20)
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references (10)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33002enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474396enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47116enisa_euvd
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495432#21nvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33002nvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1nvd
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