GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm DNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-59539
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- DotNetNuke.Core
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-09-22
Affected packages
• NuGet DotNetNuke.Core: < 10.1.0 → fixed in 10.1.0
Description
Summary
Users can use special syntax to inject javascript code in their profile biography field. Although there was sanitization in place, it did not cover all possible scenarios
Description
When embedding information in the `Biography` field, even if that field is not rich-text, users could inject javascript code that would run in the context of the website and to any other user that can view the profile including administrators and/or superusers.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-59539 DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness