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critical 9.8

CVE-2015-2794 in the critical feed json

The installation wizard in DotNetNuke (DNN) allows privilege escalation

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-x8f7-h444-97w4 , EUVD-2018-0713

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.1%
EPSS 75.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The installation wizard in DotNetNuke (DNN) before 7.4.1 allows remote attackers to reinstall the application and gain SuperUser access via a direct request to Install/InstallWizard.aspx.

Patch / fix

  • nuget DotNetNuke.Core 7.4.1

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39777)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

75.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39777 DotNetNuke 07.04.00 - Administration Authentication Bypass webapps, 2016-05-06
  • Nuclei template DotNetNuke 07.04.00 - Administration Authentication Bypass nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget DotNetNuke.Core
<7.4.1
7.4.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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