CRITICAL: CVE-2015-2794 (CVSS 9.8) — dnnsoftware dotnetnuke

CVE: CVE-2015-2794

CVSS: 9.8 (3.0) — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

dnnsoftware dotnetnuke

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.

Verified Sources

References

http://www.dnnsoftware.com/community-blog/cid/155198/workaround-for-potential-security-issue
http://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96373
https://dotnetnuke.codeplex.com/releases/view/615317
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39777/
http://www.dnnsoftware.com/community-blog/cid/155198/workaround-for-potential-security-issue
http://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96373
https://dotnetnuke.codeplex.com/releases/view/615317
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39777/

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._

Lyrie Verdict

A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.

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