CVE-2022-46391: AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

PriorityP425medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

0.66%

47.2th percentile

AWStats 7.x through 7.8 allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
awstats	awstats	>= 0 < 7.8-2+deb11u1	7.8-2+deb11u1
awstats	awstats	>= 0 < 7.8-3	7.8-3
awstats	awstats	>= 0 < 7.8-3	7.8-3
awstats	awstats	>= 0 < 7.8-3	7.8-3
awstats	awstats	7.0 – 7.8	—
debian	awstats	< awstats 7.8-3 (bookworm)	awstats 7.8-3 (bookworm)
debian	debian_linux	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

osv6.1MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.1MEDIUM

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