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CVE-2025-63261Disclosure(awstats / awstats)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch awstats awstats systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

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1.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Exploit / PoC references
Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • awstats
  • debian_linux

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-03-22); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
awstatsdebian
Products
awstatsdebian_linux

2 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-22: 1Mentions · 2026-04-20: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-04-20: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-22: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-20: 103-2204-20
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-03-221
Disclosure1
2026-04-201
Patch1
Full discourse2 posts
  • ThreatCluster@threatcluster
    Patch

    BREAKING: Fedora 42 and 43 ship critical AWStats fixes for CVE-2025-63261, closing arbitrary code execution on Apache and IIS via updates 8.0-1 and 8.0-2 released April 10 2026. https://threatcluster.io/cluster/critical-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-awstats-f-588c569f

    Post summary

    Fedora 42/43 released updates 8.0-1 and 8.0-2 that patch CVE‑2025‑63261, closing arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in AWStats for Apache and IIS.

    00000264
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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2025-63261 AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-63261

    Post summary

    CVE-2025-63261 exposes a command‑injection flaw in AWStats 8.0 via the open function. The text provides the vulnerability type but no evidence of exploitation, PoC, or patch details.

    00000213
    56.8K followersView on X
CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appawstatsawstats7.9--
OSdebiandebian_linux11.0--

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