CVE-2008-6540

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 2.5%

from disclosure to weapon0 days

Published on NVDMar 30

1st PoCMar 21

exploitation probability

2.5%top 17% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

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 products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/31465

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://osvdb.org/43720 http://secunia.com/advisories/29488 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399 http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno12/tabid/1148/Default.aspx http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489957/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28391