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CVE-2018-18325: DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2018-18325
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
DotNetNuke (DNN) contains an inadequate encryption strength vulnerability resulting from the use of a weak encryption algorithm to protect input parameters. This CVE ID resolves an incomplete patch for CVE-2018-15811.

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What
An inadequate encryption strength vulnerability results from a weak encryption algorithm.
Who is affected
Users of DotNetNuke (DNN) are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Apply the latest security updates from DotNetNuke.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18325

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2018-18325coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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