CVE-2008-6540
DotNetNuke before 4.8.2, during installation or upgrade, does not warn the administrator when the default (1) ValidationKey and (2)…
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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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- NuGetDotNetNuke.CoreGHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- dotnetnuke-webconfig-weak-security(41399) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno12/tabid/1148/Default.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080321 DotNetNuke Default Machine Key Exposure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43720 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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