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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4007 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm DotNetNuke Default Machine Key Exposure
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History

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dnnsoftware
Dnnsoftware dotnetnuke
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.10d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:1.0.10e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.10d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.10e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dotnetnuke
Dotnetnuke dotnetnuke
Dnnsoftware
Dnnsoftware dotnetnuke

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:34:46.939Z

Reserved: 2009-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6540

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-30T01:30:00.327

Modified: 2026-04-24T17:34:37.240

Link: CVE-2008-6540

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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