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SCA: security update for DotNetNuke.Core (GHSA-x2rg-fmcv-crq5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421974

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - DNN (aka DotNetNuke) before 9.1.1 has Remote Code Execution via a cookie, aka "2017-08 (Critical) Possible
 remote code execution on DNN sites." (CVE-2017-9822)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2rg-fmcv-crq5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421974

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 6/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (DotNetNuke Cookie Deserialization Remote Code Excecution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9822

BID: 102213

cwe: CWE-20