CVE-2005-0438

Exp

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by setting the debug parameter.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0438 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.81%). 1 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-2005-0438

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
853 exploit_db edb 2005-03-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0438

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 2026-06-15 8.51% 3.81% -4.70%
2 2025-12-04 4.67% 8.51% +3.84%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.67% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0438

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0438

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0438

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0438 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-2005-0438
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0438 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-2005-0438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0438

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