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CVE-2008-6540

Published: Mar 30, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6540
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke*4.8.1 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.9 (including)1.0.9 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.10d (including)1.0.10d (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke1.0.10e (including)1.0.10e (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke3.0.7 (including)3.0.7 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke3.0.8 (including)3.0.8 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke3.0.11 (including)3.0.11 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke3.1.0 (including)3.1.0 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke3.3.5 (including)3.3.5 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke4.3.5 (including)4.3.5 (including)
DotnetnukeDotnetnuke4.5.2 (including)4.5.2 (including)

References

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