DotNetNuke 9.2.0/9.2.1 Encryption Key cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in DotNetNuke 9.2.0/9.2.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Encryption Key. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-15812. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DotNetNuke 9.2.0/9.2.1 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Encryption Key. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was released 07/03/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-15812 since 08/23/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (48336). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-137278, VDB-137277 and VDB-137275. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/23/2018 🔍
07/03/2019 +314 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/24/2025 +2304 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 157080
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-15812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137276
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2019 09:51
Updated: 10/24/2025 08:21
Changes: 07/04/2019 09:51 (35), 06/30/2020 16:53 (18), 10/17/2023 08:27 (4), 10/24/2025 08:21 (25)
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