CVE-2026-40305 (GCVE-0-2026-40305)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 21:06 – Updated: 2026-04-17 21:06
VLAI?
Title
DNN has Force Friend Request Acceptance
Summary
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)
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dnnsoftware | Dnn.Platform |
Affected:
>= 6.0.0, < 10.2.2
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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