Open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats before 6.95 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and condu…

published 2010-12-02 15y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4978

cvss: 5.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.5%; EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

Open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats before 6.95 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

distros 1

awstats Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.9.5~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5020

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Exploit prediction

3.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template AWStats < 6.95 - Open Redirect nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

awstats.sourceforge.net /docs/awstats_changelog.txt

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-5020
NVD CVE-2009-5020

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