CVE-2025-53533 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-53533: Pi-hole Admin Interface vulnerable to cross-site scripting via malformed URL path on 404 error page

Vendor Pi-Hole
Product web
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published October 27, 2025
Last update October 27, 2025

CVSS base score

5.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level advertisement and internet tracker blocking application. Pi-hole Admin Interface versions 6.2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) via a malformed URL path. The 404 error page includes the requested path in the class attribute of the body tag without proper sanitization or escaping. An attacker can craft a URL containing an onload attribute that will execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser when a victim visits the malicious link. If an attacker sends a crafted pi-hole link to a victim and the victim visits it, attacker-controlled JavaScript code is executed in the browser of the victim. This has been patched in version 6.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 27, 2025 CVE published
October 27, 2025 Record updated