CVE-2025-59539
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to version 10.1.0, 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. This issue has been patched in version 10.1.0.
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcmDNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field2025-09-22ghsa · osvUS
## 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.
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references (4)
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- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/releases/tag/v10.1.0Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcmcnnvd
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcmenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcmVendor Advisorynvd
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