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CVE-2020-11108

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11108 describes a critical authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Gravity updater of Pi-hole versions through 4.4. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by writing to PHP files in the web directory, and can further lead to privilege escalation to root. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and user interaction. Multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, confirming its active exploitation potential and significant community attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
78.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Pi-Hole heisenbergCompensator Blocklist OS Command Execution · May 10, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-48519 · May 26, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7826 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/157623/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/157624/Pi-hole-4.4-Remote-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/157748/Pi-Hole-heisenbergCompensator-Blocklist-OS-Command-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/157839/Pi-hole-4.4.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
frichetten.com / blog/cve-2020-11108-pihole-rce
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / Frichetten/CVE-2020-11108-PoC
ExploitThird Party Advisory