CVE-2005-0438 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0438 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-0438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0438 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0438/index.md)
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information by manipulating the debug parameter in AWStats.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0438?
CVE-2005-0438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by setting the debug parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0438?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Awstats Awstats.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0438?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-0438 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0438 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0438, GHSA-4cq8-hq5v-c3hx.