Unscored severity · published Apr 20, 2006
CVE-2006-1945
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter
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CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter. NOTE: this might be the same core issue as CVE-2005-2732.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
Awstats · Awstats
through 6.5_1.857; 6.0; 6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1945
pridels0.blogspot.com
http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2006/04/awstats-65-vuln.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20496
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-06.xml
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17621
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