CVE-2026-33765CWE-78

Pi-hole Web Interface has a Command Injection Vulnerability

High · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.9
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions prior to 6.0 have a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability in the savesettings.php file. The application takes the user-controlled $_POST['webtheme'] parameter and concatenates it directly into a system command executed via PHP's exec() function. Since the input is neither sanitized nor validated before being passed to the shell, an attacker can append arbitrary system commands to the intended pihole command. Furthermore, because the command is executed with sudo privileges, the injected commands will run with elevated (likely root) privileges. Version 6.0 patches the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.9 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.01767 · 77.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-03-27T19:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 19:46Z
    Pi-hole Web Interface has a Command Injection Vulnerability
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