A cross-site scripting issue has been found in the web interface of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6, where the qname of DNS queries was displayed without any escaping, allowing a remote attacker to inject HTML and Javascript code into the web interface, altering the content.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade pdns-recursor | Jan 23, 2018 | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade pdns-recursor | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade pdns-recursor-debugsourceUpgrade pdns-recursorUpgrade pdns-recursor-debuginfo | Dec 6, 2017 | Dec 6, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Jan 23, 2018 |
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