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CVE-2008-6540

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.1 Published: 2009-03-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References