CVE-2005-0362

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) "pluginmode", (2) "loadplugin", or (3) "noloadplugin" parameters.

Published: 2005-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0362 is rated Low Risk (31.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0362

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 2025-03-17 0.44% 0.19% -0.25%
2 2025-03-03 0.31% 0.44% +0.13%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0362

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0362

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0362

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0362 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-2005-0362
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0362 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-2005-0362

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0362

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0362

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