# CVE-2008-6399: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote attackers can escalate privileges by adding unauthorized roles to their user accounts in DotNetNuke.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2009
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7c6g-vw83-7695

## What is CVE-2008-6399?

CVE-2008-6399 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke, published on 5 Mar 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in DotNetNuke 4.5.2 through 4.9 allows remote attackers to "add additional roles to their user account" via unknown attack vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6399?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-6399?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6399 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-6399 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke

- [CVE-2017-9822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9822/): DotNetNuke (DNN) Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-15811](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15811/): DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-18325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18325/): DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-64095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64095/): DNN Insufficient Access Control - Image Upload allows for Site Content Overwrite (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-3601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3601/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6399 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-6399 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke, published on 5 Mar 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6399/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6399/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6399
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6399
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6399

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