National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6542
Original release date:03/30/2009
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the Skin Manager in DotNetNuke before 4.8.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to perform "server-side execution of application logic" by uploading a static file that is converted into a dynamic script via unknown vectors related to HTM or HTML files.
Description
Per vendor advisory: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno13/tabid/1149/Default.aspx
Mitigating factors
* The host user must have added the HTM or HTML file type to the default File Upload Extensions
* The user must have access to the file manager.
* By default this issue only affects Admin users.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: dotnetnuke-skinmanager-unspecified(49767)
External Source: BID
Name: 28438
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityBulletins/SecurityBulletinno13/tabid/1149/Default.aspx
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29488
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 43721