CVE-2009-5020

Open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats before 6.95 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2010-12-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-5020 is rated Moderate Risk (51.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5020

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 2026-03-04 0.83% 1.40% +0.57%
2 2026-03-01 1.40% 0.83% -0.57%
3 2026-02-25 1.40%

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5020

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-5020

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-5020

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-5020 unimportant 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-2009-5020
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-5020 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): not-affected 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5020

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5020

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats <= 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 2.1. cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:2.1.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5020

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