AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| awstats / awstats | 6.5 | 6.5.x |
| awstats / awstats | 6.5_1 | 6.5_1.x |
| awstats / awstats | 6.4_1-sarge1 | 6.4_1-sarge1.x |