AWStats < 6.95 awredir.pl Redirect

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5249

Synopsis

The remote web server is hosting a PERL script that has an open redirect.

Description

The remote web server is hosting AWStats. The AWStats contains a version of the awredir.pl script that has an open redirect. An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to conduct phishing attacks by tricking users into visiting malicious websites.

Solution

Upgrade to AWStats 6.95 or later.

See Also

http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5249

Family: CGI

Published: 12/2/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 42982

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2009

Reference Information

BID: 37157