CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-35659
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The DNS query log in Pi-hole before 5.2.2 is vulnerable to stored XSS. An attacker with the ability to directly or indirectly query DNS with a malicious hostname can cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute when the Pi-hole administrator visits the Query Log or Long-term data Query Log page.
Affected configurations
• pi-hole pi-hole (< 5.2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://blog.mirch.io/2020/12/24/pihole-xss/ Third Party Advisory
- https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-core-web-v5-2-2-and-ftl-v5-3-3-released/41998 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/1665 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.mirch.io/2020/12/24/pihole-xss/ Third Party Advisory
- https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-core-web-v5-2-2-and-ftl-v5-3-3-released/41998 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/1665 Patch, Third Party Advisory