AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-649970e065 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2025-63261

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fad30cb6e2 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2025-63261 (rhbz #2450263)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-29b65f46e8 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2025-63261 (rhbz #2450261)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4509 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4509-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     March 25, 2026                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : awstats     Version        : 7.8-2+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-63261

    It was discovered that there was a potential command injection     vulnerability in awstats, an analytics tool for web servers and     similar services.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     7.8-2+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your awstats packages.

    For the detailed security status of awstats please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/awstats

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function (CVE-2025-63261)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
310437	Fedora 44 : awstats (2026-649970e065)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
307515	Fedora 43 : awstats (2026-fad30cb6e2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
307513	Fedora 42 : awstats (2026-29b65f46e8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
303744	Debian dla-4509 : awstats - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
303267	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-63261	Nessus	Misc.	high

Detections

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CVE-2025-63261

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Tenable Plugins

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