CVE-2008-6540

Dotnetnuke < 4.8.1 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

DotNetNuke before 4.8.2, during installation or upgrade, does not warn the administrator when the default (1) ValidationKey and (2) DecryptionKey values cannot be modified in the web.config file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the default keys.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Brian Holyfield · remotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31465

Scores

EPSS 0.0533
EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (18)
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.6
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.7
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.8
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.9
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.10d
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 1.0.10e
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 2.1.1
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 2.1.2
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 3.0.7
dotnetnuke/dotnetnuke 3.0.8
... and 8 more
Published Mar 30, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026