PT-2009-2010 · Dnn · Dotnetnuke

Published 2009-03-30 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2008-6540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DotNetNuke versions prior to 4.8.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using default keys. This occurs because DotNetNuke does not warn the administrator when the default ValidationKey and DecryptionKey values cannot be modified in the web.config file during installation or upgrade.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.8.2, update to version 4.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider manually modifying the ValidationKey and DecryptionKey values in the web.config file to unique values. Restrict access to the web.config file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-453

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6540

GHSA-GRW3-HJJM-5CJM

Affected Products

Dotnetnuke

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/28391 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31465 · Exploit
• http://dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno12/tabid/1148/Default.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6540 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489957/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/43720 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399 · Note