CVE-2022-46391 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00301.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Awstats Subscribe	Awstats Subscribe
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Fedoraproject Subscribe	Fedora Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3225-1	awstats security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49200	AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5899-1	AWStats vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/pull/226
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00010.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GRFYH4DE3COMI3LJCOQQXA4FWOABU6Z2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MYUZIFVB4N3NK4WGNHRNXZKJITCJBJX4/

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T15:20:34.836Z

Reserved: 2022-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46391

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.485Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-04T03:15:09.967

Modified: 2025-04-24T16:15:23.940

Link: CVE-2022-46391

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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