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GHSA-FPJ4-9QHX-5M6M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-10 21:07 – Updated: 2026-04-24 20:50

Summary

DNN: Force Friend Request Acceptance

Details

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.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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        "name": "DotNetNuke.Core"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "6.0.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "10.2.2"
            }
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-17T22:16:32Z",
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  "modified": "2026-04-24T20:50:00Z",
  "published": "2026-04-10T21:07:08Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40305"
    },
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    },
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    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "DNN: Force Friend Request Acceptance"
}

CVE-2026-40305 (GCVE-0-2026-40305)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 21:06 – Updated: 2026-04-20 13:36

Title

DNN has Force Friend Request Acceptance

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/secur…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/relea…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
dnnsoftware	Dnn.Platform	Affected: >= 6.0.0, < 10.2.2

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GHSA-FPJ4-9QHX-5M6M

CVE-2026-40305 (GCVE-0-2026-40305)

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