Skip to content

AWStats < 6.95 - Open Redirect

ID: CVE-2009-5020

Severity: medium

Author: pdteam

Tags: cve2009,cve,redirect,awstats

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

id: CVE-2009-5020
info:
name: AWStats < 6.95 - Open Redirect
author: pdteam
severity: medium
description: An open redirect vulnerability in awredir.pl in AWStats < 6.95 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
impact: |
Allows attackers to redirect users to malicious websites or phishing pages.
remediation: Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5020
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
cvss-score: 5.8
cve-id: CVE-2009-5020
cwe-id: CWE-20
epss-score: 0.00253
epss-percentile: 0.65112
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: awstats
product: awstats
shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:laurent_destailleur:awstats"
tags: cve2009,cve,redirect,awstats
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/awstats/awredir.pl?url=interact.sh'
- '{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/awstats/awredir.pl?url=interact.sh'
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers:
- type: regex
part: header
regex:
- '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$' # https://regex101.com/r/L403F0/1
# digest: 4a0a004730450220633fe871e1af9af841621c994f569bcf7507eedc0e258c035fcbe84f81a90a2c022100e4aeb60cf1bf34fa3fd2d2c8a7e47f767930a4cc40119942d0136d3c4276f684:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2009/CVE-2009-5020.yaml"

View on Github