DotNetNuke up to 4.8.4 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in DotNetNuke up to 4.8.4. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privilege escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-7100. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in DotNetNuke up to 4.8.4 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in DotNetNuke 4.4.1 through 4.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authentication and gain privileges via unknown vectors related to a "unique id" for user actions and improper validation of a "user identity."

The weakness was presented 09/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-7100 since 08/27/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45081), SecurityFocus (BID 31145†), OSVDB (48343†) and Secunia (SA31893†). See VDB-49695 and VDB-49694 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• DotNetNuke

Version

• 4.4.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5
• 4.6.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.6.2
• 4.7.0
• 4.8.0
• 4.8.1
• 4.8.2
• 4.8.3
• 4.8.4

License

• open-source

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 800684
OpenVAS Name: DotNetNuke Identity Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/09/2008 🔍
09/09/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/12/2008 +2 days 🔍
09/12/2008 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2009 +348 days 🔍
08/27/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2029 days 🔍
04/29/2026 +4060 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-7100 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7100
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49693
X-Force: 45081
SecurityFocus: 31145 - DotNetNuke Multiple Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31893 - DotNetNuke Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 48343 - DotNetNuke Unspecified Remote Privilege Escalation

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/29/2026 03:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (59), 11/22/2018 08:33 (2), 04/29/2026 03:24 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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