High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-11108
CVE-2020-11108
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.
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Affected products
4- Pi-hole/Pi-holedescription
- Range: <=4.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157623/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157624/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- frichetten.com/blog/cve-2020-11108-pihole-rce/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157748/Pi-Hole-heisenbergCompensator-Blocklist-OS-Command-Execution.htmlnvd
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157839/Pi-hole-4.4.0-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlnvd
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