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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-63261

AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

Published Mar 20, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-63261. EPSS is 1.09%. Act only if a listed version of AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.09%
Remediation
Not established
Affected products
cpe awstats/awstats · cpe debian/debian linux

AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe awstats/awstats7.9
  • cpe debian/debian linux11.0

How to fix CVE-2025-63261

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-63261. EPSS is 1.09%. Act only if a listed version of AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 1.09%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-63261

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-63261

    30-day exploitation probability 1.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-63261

    AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.