CVE-2005-0116

Exp

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.

Published: 2005-01-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0116 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.94%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16905 exploit_db edb 2009-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗
772 exploit_db edb 2005-01-25 Exploit-DB ↗
773 exploit_db edb 2005-01-25 Exploit-DB ↗
9912 exploit_db edb 2005-01-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0116

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-16 74.54% 74.94% +0.40%
2 2026-06-15 91.98% 74.54% -17.43%
3 2026-03-18 — 91.98% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0116

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0116

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0116 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (awstats), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0116
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0116 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0116

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats <= 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0116

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