CVE-2026-40305: DNN: Force Friend Request Acceptance

April 10, 2026 (updated April 24, 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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m
github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases/tag/v10.2.2
github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fpj4-9qhx-5m6m
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40305

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