DotNetNuke Default Machine Key Exposure
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Sep 22, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 30, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Last updated
Sep 22, 2023
Reviewed
Sep 22, 2023
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.
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