CVE-2020-35176
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.94%Published: 12/12/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In AWStats through 7.8, cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config= accepts a partial absolute pathname (omitting the initial /etc), even though it was intended to only read a file in the /etc/awstats/awstats.conf format. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000501 and CVE-2020-29600.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/awstatsfrom 0, < 7.8-r0
- Debian/awstatsfrom 0, < 7.8-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |