awstatstotals.php in AWStats Totals 1.0 through 1.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via PHP sequences in the sort parameter, which is used by the multisort function when dynamically creating an anonymous PHP function.
CVE-2008-3922
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 91% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.3% of all CVEs). Confidence: see factors.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 53%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 9.0(low)
- EPSS
- 98.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 4, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31630
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4218
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8259
- cve@mitrehttp://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ekenda2/EMORY-2008-01.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17324
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495770/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30856
- cve@mitrehttp://www.telartis.nl/xcms/awstats/
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2442
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44712
- cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6368
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31630
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4218
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8259
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ekenda2/EMORY-2008-01.txt
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-17324✓ verifiedFirst seen May 25, 2011
AWStats Totals 1.14 multisort - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-6368✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 5, 2008
AWStats Totals 1.14 - 'AWStatstotals.php' Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/unix/webapp/awstatstotals_multisort✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 26, 2008
AWStats Totals multisort Remote Command Execution
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