CVE-2008-6540
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
DotNetNuke Default Machine Key Exposure
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
DotNetNuke 4.8.1 - Default 'ValidationKey' and 'DecriptionKey' Weak Encryption
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | DotNetNuke.Core | <4.8.2 | 4.8.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6540
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform
- http://osvdb.org/43720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29488
- 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
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.