Cyber Resilience

CVE-2015-2794

Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke ≤ 07.04.00

Public PoCHigh EPSS
Published
06 February 2017
Modified
13 May 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.75 99.4th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2015-2794 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-264

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Direct unauthenticated access to Install/InstallWizard.aspx enables remote reinstallation and SuperUser account creation.
attack.mitre.org →
T1136.001 Local Account Persistenceconfidence: HIGH
The wizard creates a new SuperUser (local administrator) account during reinstallation.
attack.mitre.org →
T1078.003 Local Accounts Stealthconfidence: HIGH
The newly created SuperUser account is a valid local account used for subsequent authenticated access.
attack.mitre.org →
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

dnnsoftware
dotnetnuke
≤ 07.04.00

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References