CVE-2020-11108
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2020 at 02:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPi Hole
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 78%
Description
The Gravity updater in Pi-hole through 4.4 allows an authenticated adversary to upload arbitrary files. This can be abused for Remote Code Execution by writing to a PHP file in the web directory. (Also, it can be used in conjunction with the sudo rule for the www-data user to escalate privileges to root.) The code error is in gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl in gravity.sh.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157623/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157624/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://frichetten.com/blog/cve-2020-11108-pihole-rce/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Frichetten/CVE-2020-11108-PoCCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-434
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