CVE-2018-10245

Exp

A Full Path Disclosure vulnerability in AWStats through 7.6 allows remote attackers to know where the config file is allocated, obtaining the full path of the server, a similar issue to CVE-2006-3682. The attack can, for example, use the awstats.pl framename and update parameters.

Published: 2018-04-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-10245 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.81% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-10245

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-10245

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 0.11% 1.92% +1.81%
2 2025-12-30 0.24% 0.11% -0.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-10245

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
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-2018-10245

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-10245

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2018-10245: 1 source package rows (awstats); 6 state rows across 6 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 0, open 6. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-10245
debian unimportant CVE-2018-10245 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (awstats), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10245
ubuntu negligible CVE-2018-10245 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 18, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10245

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-10245

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats <= 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-10245

URL Tags
https://github.com/theyiyibest/AWStatsFullPathDisclosure Exploit Third Party Advisory
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