PT-2008-5252 · Awstats · Awstats Totals

Published 2008-09-04 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3922

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AWStats Totals versions 1.0 through 1.14

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via PHP sequences in the sort parameter. This parameter is used by the multisort function when dynamically creating an anonymous PHP function.

Recommendations For AWStats Totals versions 1.0 through 1.14, consider restricting access to the awstatstotals.php file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the sort parameter in the affected PHP file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3922

Affected Products

Awstats Totals

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/awstatstotals_multisort.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/17324 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/17324 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6368 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3922 · Security Note
• http://telartis.nl/xcms/awstats · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31630 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8259 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/495770/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2442 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44712 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4218 · Note
• http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ekenda2/EMORY-2008-01.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30856 · Note