5.4

CVE-2020-35592: pi-hole Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 18-02-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-35592 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in pi-hole. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 18-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Pi-hole 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1.1 allows XSS via the Options header to the admin/ URI. A remote user is able to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack against other users and steal the session cookie.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.86% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (n4nj0.github.io)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pi-hole1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links