# CVE-2024-44069: Missing authorization in n/a

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify the temperature unit setting on the Pi-hole web dashboard, altering the display for the device owner.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqq3-vh29-3h6q

## What is CVE-2024-44069?

CVE-2024-44069 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pi-hole before 6 allows unauthenticated admin/api.php?setTempUnit= calls to change the temperature units of the web dashboard. NOTE: the supplier reportedly does "not consider the bug a security issue" but the specific motivation for letting arbitrary persons change the value (Celsius, Fahrenheit, or Kelvin), seen by the device owner, is unclear.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pi-Hole Pi-Hole.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-44069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-8816](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8816/): Pi-Hole AdminLTE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-34087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34087/): Pi-Hole AdminLTE Whitelist (now 'Web Allowlist') Remote Command Execution (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-50130](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50130/): Pi-hole: Local privilege escalation from `pihole` user to root via `/etc/pihole/logrotate` (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-11108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11108/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-13051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13051/): Pi-Hole 4.3 allows Command Injection. (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44069 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.