Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-35659

Description

The DNS query log in Pi-hole before 5.2.2 is vulnerable to stored XSS. An attacker with the ability to directly or indirectly query DNS with a malicious hostname can cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute when the Pi-hole administrator visits the Query Log or Long-term data Query Log page.

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Affected products

Pi Hole/Pi Hole2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.2.2
- (no CPE)range: <5.2.2
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Patches

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References

github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/1665nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
blog.mirch.io/2020/12/24/pihole-xss/nvdThird Party Advisory
discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pi-hole-core-web-v5-2-2-and-ftl-v5-3-3-released/41998nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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