High severity · published Feb 24, 2020
CVE-2020-5187
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) through 9.4.4 allows Path Traversal (issue 2 of 2)
8.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) through 9.4.4 allows Path Traversal (issue 2 of 2).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotnetnuke · Dnnsoftware
through 9.4.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5187
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5187
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156489/DotNetNuke-CMS-9.4.4-Zip-Directory-Traversal.html
Release Notes
https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases
medium.com
https://medium.com/%40SajjadPourali/dnn-dotnetnuke-cms-not-as-secure-as-you-think-e8516f789175
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