CVE-2008-6540 Information

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.

Reference

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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41399