AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-63261 is rated Exploit Available (51.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 2026-03-24 | 0.15% | 0.05% | -0.10% |
| 2 | 2026-03-21 | — | 0.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-63261: 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-2025-63261 |
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-63261 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-2025-63261 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2025-63261 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-63261 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| awstats | awstats | 7.9 | cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl | Product |
| https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00013.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |