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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2013-018: Several vulnerabilities in extension AWStats (cc_awstats)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2013-018"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"AWStats\" (cc_awstats) contains an unspecific vulnerability in the bundled AWStats version."
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# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2013-018: Several vulnerabilities in extension AWStats (cc_awstats)

- Security / [TYPO3 Extensions](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-extensions)

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2013-018: Several vulnerabilities in extension AWStats (cc\_awstats)
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25 September 2013

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It has been discovered that the extension "AWStats" (cc\_awstats) contains an unspecific vulnerability in the bundled AWStats version.

- ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)

**Release Date:** September 25, 2013

**Component Type:** Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation.

**Affected Versions:** Version 0.10.0 and below

**Vulnerability Type:** Unspecific

**Severity:** High

**Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:U/RC:C](http://jvnrss.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/jtg/cvss/cvss2.cgi?vector=%28AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:U/RC:C%29&g=2&lang=en "CVSS calculator") ([What's that?](http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/security/article/use-of-common-vulnerability-scoring-system-in-typo3-security-advisories/ "Blog post on CVSS usage"))

**Related CVE**: [CVE-2012-4547](http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-4547)

**Problem Description:** The extension contains an old version of awstats which is vulnerable an unspecific type of attack.

**Solution:** Versions of this extension that are known to be vulnerable will no longer be available for download from the TYPO3 Extension Repository. The extension author failed in providing a security fix for the reported vulnerability in a decent amount of time. Please uninstall and delete the extension folder from your installation.

**Credits:** Credits go to Bjoern Pedersen,  Xaver Maierhofer and Andrea Herzog who informed us about the isse.

**General advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Guide](http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SecurityGuide/ "Initiates file download"). Please subscribe to the [typo3-announce mailing list](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce "Opens external link in new window") to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail.

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