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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-6540 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/43720 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29488 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno12/tabid/1148/Default.aspx CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489957/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28391 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-6540
NVD Published Date:
03/29/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/24/2026
Source:
MITRE