CVE-2008-6540

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-30 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-24 17:34:37 UTC
DescriptionDotNetNuke 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.053300000 probability, percentile 0.900820000 (date 2026-04-26)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.10d All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.10e All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.6 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.7 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.8 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 1.0.9 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 2.1.1 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 2.1.2 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 3.0.11 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 3.0.7 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 3.0.8 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 3.1.0 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 3.3.5 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 4.0 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 4.3.5 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke 4.5.2 All All All
Application Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/43720 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
DotNetNuke Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Bulletin no.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dotnetnuke.com Vendor Advisory
DotNetNuke Default 'ValidationKey' and 'DecriptionKey' Weak Encryption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995395 DotNet (Nuget) Security Update for DotNetNuke.Core (GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm)
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