The installation wizard in DotNetNuke (DNN) allows privilege escalation · CVE-2015-2794 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

The installation wizard in DotNetNuke (DNN) allows privilege escalation

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

DotNetNuke.Core (NuGet)

Affected versions

< 7.4.1

Patched versions

7.4.1

Description

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.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 16, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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