SCA: security update for DotNetNuke.Core (GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440414

Description

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

- DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft
ecosystem. Starting in version 6.0.0 and prior to version 10.2.2, in the friends feature, a user could
craft a request that would force the acceptance of a friend request on another user. Version 10.2.2
patches the issue. (CVE-2026-40305)

Solution

Update the DotNetNuke.Core library and its related packages to version 10.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440414

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/15/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40305

cwe: CWE-285