CVE-2018-18326
Insufficient Entropy in DotNetNuke
CVE-2018-18326 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke, published July 3, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 54.3%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in DotNetNuke.Core 9.3.0.
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
CVE-2018-18326- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
CVE-2018-18326- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0612 No score
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0612- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xx3h-j3cx-8qfj
Insufficient Entropy in DotNetNuke
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
GHSA-xx3h-j3cx-8qfj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
CVE-2018-18326- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xx3h-j3cx-8qfj
Insufficient Entropy in DotNetNuke
DNN (aka DotNetNuke) 9.2 through 9.2.2 incorrectly converts encryption key source values, resulting in lower than expected entropy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15812.
- Record
GHSA-xx3h-j3cx-8qfj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
DotNetNuke.CoreNuGet |
before 9.3.0 | 9.3.0 |
DotNetNuke.CoreNuGet |
before 9.3.0, plus listed versions 6.0.07.0.07.0.6.1217.1.07.1.2 Show 17 moreShow less7.2.0.6137.3.0.4997.3.1.207.4.0.3537.4.1.2807.4.2.2168.0.0.8098.0.1.2398.0.2.48.0.3.58.0.4.2269.0.0.10029.0.1.1429.1.0.3679.1.1.1299.2.0.3669.2.1.533 |
9.3.0 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | DotNetNuke - Cookie Deserialization Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2020-04-16 |
| Metasploit | DotNetNuke Cookie Deserialization Remote Code Excecution | 2017-07-20 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, OSV |