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CVE-2020-14971: pi-hole Missing Authorization

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 23-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-14971 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in pi-hole. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Pi-hole through 5.0 allows code injection in piholedhcp (the Static DHCP Leases section) by modifying Teleporter backup files and then restoring them. This occurs in settings.php. To exploit this, an attacker would request a backup of limited files via teleporter.php. These are placed into a .tar.gz archive. The attacker then modifies the host parameter in dnsmasq.d files, and then compresses and uploads these files again.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.55% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pi-hole1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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