CVE-2022-31029 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2022-31029

Authenticated XSS in Pi-hole AdminLTE

5.9 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

AdminLTE is a Pi-hole Dashboard for stats and configuration. In affected versions inserting code like `<script>alert("XSS")</script>` in the field marked with "Domain to look for" and hitting <kbd>enter</kbd> (or clicking on any of the buttons) will execute the script. The user must be logged in to use this vulnerability. Usually only administrators have login access to pi-hole, minimizing the risks. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

pi-hole

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Affected Software

AdminLTE

Vulnerable Versions:

< 5.13

Timeline

Official Publish: July 7th, 2022

Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

T1059.007 JavaScript

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service

T1491.001 Defacement