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CVE-2017-9822

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2021-11-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2017-07-20
  • Fixed in9.1.1
  • WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

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."

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2017-07-2012:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2021-11-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2021-11-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  4. 2021-11-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-0713:41SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
  6. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  7. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-9822?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-9822?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Dnnsoftware dotnetnuke
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.1< 9.1.19.1.1

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Dnnsoftware dotnetnuke to 9.1.1
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-05-03

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
3 repositories, unverifiedmurataydemir/CVE-2017-9822tranphuc2005/CVE-2017-9822Tnot123/cve-2017-9822
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2021-11-03
Patch Due Date
2022-05-03
Ransomware Use
Known
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2017-07-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9822?

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."

Is CVE-2017-9822 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2017-9822 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-05-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-9822?

CVE-2017-9822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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