AWStats 6.5 1.857 Config awstats.pl config cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in AWStats 6.5 1.857 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file awstats.pl of the component Config Handler. The manipulation of the argument config with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.5 build 1.857 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) refererpagesfilter, (2) refererpagesfilterex, (3) urlfilterex, (4) urlfilter, (5) hostfilter, or (6) hostfilterex parameters, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-1945.

The weakness was published 04/19/2006 by r0t (Website). The advisory is shared for download at pridels.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3681 since 07/18/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27940 (Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : awstats vulnerabilities (USN-360-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at awstats.sourceforge.net. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25879), Tenable (27940), SecurityFocus (BID 17621†), OSVDB (29604†) and Secunia (SA22306†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2181, VDB-29800 and VDB-31385. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 27940
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : awstats vulnerabilities (USN-360-1)
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Patch: awstats.sourceforge.net

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: pridels.blogspot.com
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2180
X-Force: 25879 - AWStats multiple parameter cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 17621 - AWStats AWstats.PL Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22306 - Ubuntu update for awstats, Less Critical
OSVDB: 29604 - AWStats awstats.pl Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-1421

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Created: 05/02/2006 11:52 AM
Changes: 05/02/2006 11:52 AM (85)
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