AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

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https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl cve-icon cve-icon
https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-20T20:07:58.941Z

Reserved: 2025-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-63261

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-20T21:17:12.800

Modified: 2026-03-20T21:17:12.800

Link: CVE-2025-63261

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