CVE-2008-6540

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.1 MEDIUM

5.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.10d:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.10e:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:2.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:2.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:4.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:4.5.2:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-03-30 01:30

Updated : 2018-10-11 20:57

NVD link : CVE-2008-6540

Mitre link : CVE-2008-6540

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-6540

JSON object : View

Products Affected

dotnetnuke

dotnetnuke

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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