CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18325
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength Vulnerability — DotNetNuke (DNN) DotNetNuke (DNN)
DotNetNuke (DNN) contains an inadequate encryption strength vulnerability resulting from the use of a weak encryption algorithm to protect input parameters. This CVE ID resolves an incomplete patch for CVE-2018-15811.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18325
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-07-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- 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 configurations
• dnnsoftware dotnetnuke (>= 9.2 <= 9.2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157080/DotNetNuke-Cookie-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases Release Notes
- https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157080/DotNetNuke-Cookie-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases Release Notes
- https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-18325 US Government Resource