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CVE-2018-18325: DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 74.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 uses a weak encryption algorithm to protect input parameters. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15811.

Affected products

• DotNetNuke CMS Fixed in 9.1.1: from 9.2 through 9.2.2

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157080/DotNetNuke-Cookie-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases
• https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157080/DotNetNuke-Cookie-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases
• https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18325

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