CVE-2008-5080

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 and earlier does not properly remove quote characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the query_string parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3714.

Published: 2008-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5080 is rated Low Risk (36.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5080

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 2025-03-30 0.55% 0.36% -0.19%
2 2025-03-29 0.37% 0.55% +0.18%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5080

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5080

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5080

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-5080 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-2008-5080
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5080
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5080 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5080

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5080

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats <= 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.6 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5080

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