CVE-2018-15812

mediumpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.472 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

47.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.1 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-331USprimaryCWE-331US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/http/dnn_cookie_deserialization_rceDotNetNuke Cookie Deserialization Remote Code Excecutionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-48336DotNetNuke - Cookie Deserialization Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
dnnsoftware dotnetnuke9.2 → 9.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
NuGet DotNetNuke.Core9.2.0 → 9.2.2osvUSpkg:nuget/DotNetNuke.Core

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-pf46-gqg9-j3v3Insufficient Entropy in DotNetNuke2019-07-05ghsa · osvUS
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.1 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy.

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 2019-07-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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