Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query_string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3681 and CVE-2006-1945.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3714 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.05%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32258 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-08-18 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-10-09 | 3.51% | 4.05% | +0.54% |
| 2 | 2025-05-28 | 3.06% | 3.51% | +0.45% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 3.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2008-3714 low 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-2008-3714 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3714 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-3714 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, pending 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3714 |