CVE-2015-2794

highpriority · attend · 75EPSS 0.751 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

75.1% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39777DotNetNuke 07.04.00 - Administration Authentication Bypassfunctional · exploit_db
styx00/DNN_CVE-2015-2794NSE plugin for Nmap that scans a DotNetNuke (DNN) web application for an Administration Authentication Bypass vulnerability (CVE-2015-2794, EDB-ID: 39777).PoC · poc_in_github
wilsc0w/CVE-2015-2794-finderCVE-2015-2794 auto finderPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
dnnsoftware dotnetnuke≤ 07.04.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
NuGet DotNetNuke.Core< 7.4.1osvUSpkg:nuget/DotNetNuke.Core

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-x8f7-h444-97w4The installation wizard in DotNetNuke (DNN) allows privilege escalation2018-10-16ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-02-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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