Pi-hole Web Interface has Stored HTML Injection via X-Forwarded-For Header in Active Sessions Table
Published Feb 19, 2026
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions 6.0 and above have a Stored HTML Injection vulnerability in the active sessions table located on the API settings page, allowing an attacker with valid credentials to inject arbitrary HTML code that will be rendered in the browser of any administrator who visits the active sessions page. The rowCallback function contains the value data.x_forwarded_for, which is directly concatenated into an HTML string and inserted into the DOM using jQuery’s .html() method. This method interprets the content as HTML, which means that any HTML tags present in the value will be parsed and rendered by the browser. An attacker can use common tools such as curl, wget, Python requests, Burp Suite, or even JavaScript fetch() to send an authentication request with an X-Forwarded-For header that contains malicious HTML code instead of a legitimate IP address. Since Pi-hole implements a Content Security Policy (CSP) that blocks inline JavaScript, the impact is limited to pure HTML injection without the ability to execute scripts. This issue has been fixed in version 6.4.1.
Affected products
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- Version < 6.4.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- ≥ 6.0 · < 6.4.1
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Remediation
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References (4)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-8425 Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/web/commit/1a0c6f4fe6d0116fd2846b2adaae95996b7f194d x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/pi-hole/web/releases/tag/v6.4.1 x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
- https://github.com/pi-hole/web/security/advisories/GHSA-8rw8-vjgp-rwj6 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-8425 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/web/commit/1a0c6f4fe6d0116fd2846b2adaae95996b7f194d | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/web/releases/tag/v6.4.1 | x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes | |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/web/security/advisories/GHSA-8rw8-vjgp-rwj6 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory |
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