Critical severity · published Dec 7, 2020
CVE-2020-29600
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
9.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
Awstats · Awstats
through 7.7 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29600
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29600
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891469
Exploit
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/issues/90
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00035.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47QZWKSRZYZFESYTLSW7A6KVKOOPL7IV/
More from Awstats
9.8
CVE-2017-1000501
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution
7.8
CVE-2025-63261
AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
6.1
CVE-2022-46391
AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks
5.3
CVE-2020-35176
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the…
5.3
CVE-2018-10245
A Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in AWStats through 7.6 allows remote attackers to know where the config file is allocated, obtaining the full path of the server, a similar…