{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "7.9"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "7.9"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "490b723082690764889ac710efa4a0772b8259d0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "490b723082690764889ac710efa4a0772b8259d0"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/eldy/awstats",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "7.9"
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    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/63xxx/CVE-2025-63261.json"
  },
  "details": "AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function",
  "id": "CVE-2025-63261",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:48:55.347108348Z",
  "published": "2026-03-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/blob/develop/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00013.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pentest-tools.com/PTT-2025-021-Code-Execution-in-AWStats.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/63xxx/CVE-2025-63261.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63261"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}