CVE-2020-12620

high

Description

Pi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).

References

https://pi-hole.net/

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-07-30

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H