CVE-2020-35176
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.94%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-35176
To remediate CVE-2020-35176, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/awstats—upgrade to 7.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 7.8-2 or later
Is CVE-2020-35176 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.8-r0
- from 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 |