CVE-2008-6540
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4007)
- Published
- March 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4007 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
- dnnsoftware / dotnetnuke
References
- http://osvdb.org/43720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29488(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno12/tabid/1148/Default.aspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489957/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28391(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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