CVE-2024-28247
Pihole Authenticated Arbitrary File Read with root privileges
Description
The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. A vulnerability has been discovered in Pihole that allows an authenticated user on the platform to read internal server files arbitrarily, and because the application runs from behind, reading files is done as a privileged user.If the URL that is in the list of "Adslists" begins with "file*" it is understood that it is updating from a local file, on the other hand if it does not begin with "file*" depending on the state of the response it does one thing or another. The problem resides in the update through local files. When updating from a file which contains non-domain lines, 5 of the non-domain lines are printed on the screen, so if you provide it with any file on the server which contains non-domain lines it will print them on the screen. This vulnerability is fixed by 5.18.
INFO
Published Date :
March 27, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 10, 2025, 5:34 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-28247 has a 1 public
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.18 Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/f3af03174e676c20e502a92ed7842159f2fdeb7e Types: Patch Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/f3af03174e676c20e502a92ed7842159f2fdeb7e Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-95g6-7q26-mp9x Types: Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-95g6-7q26-mp9x Types: Exploit, Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/f3af03174e676c20e502a92ed7842159f2fdeb7e Added Reference https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-95g6-7q26-mp9x -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. A vulnerability has been discovered in Pihole that allows an authenticated user on the platform to read internal server files arbitrarily, and because the application runs from behind, reading files is done as a privileged user.If the URL that is in the list of "Adslists" begins with "file*" it is understood that it is updating from a local file, on the other hand if it does not begin with "file*" depending on the state of the response it does one thing or another. The problem resides in the update through local files. When updating from a file which contains non-domain lines, 5 of the non-domain lines are printed on the screen, so if you provide it with any file on the server which contains non-domain lines it will print them on the screen. This vulnerability is fixed by 5.18. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-95g6-7q26-mp9x [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/f3af03174e676c20e502a92ed7842159f2fdeb7e [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-200 Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-269 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L