Check Point Advisories

Pi-hole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2020-11108)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0476
Date Published:	8 Jun 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 08 June, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-11108
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Pi-hole prior to 4.4
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Pi-hole. An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary PHP code into the session. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Pi-hole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2020-11108) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Pi-hole Remote Code Execution (CVE-2020-11108)