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SCA: security update for DotNetNuke.Core (GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434177

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2008-6540)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grw3-hjjm-5cjm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434177

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-6540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6540

BID: 28391

cwe: CWE-453