CVE-2026-40305 PUBLISHED

DNN has Force Friend Request Acceptance

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 17.04.2026 Updated: 17.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	dnnsoftware
Product	Dnn.Platform
Versions	Version >= 6.0.0, < 10.2.2 is affected

References

https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m
https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases/tag/v10.2.2

Problem Types

CWE-285: Improper Authorization CWE