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CVE-2025-59535 — Vulnerability in DotNetNuke.Core — CVE Details

MEDIUM

DNN allows loading unused themes on anonymous clients through query parameters

Published September 22, 2025Updated September 22, 2025Source: osv

Summary

### Summary Arbitrary themes can be loaded through query parameters. If an installed theme had a vulnerability, even if it was not used on any page, this could be loaded on unsuspecting clients without knowledge of the site owner. ### Details Many people who run DNN sites have a number of installed themes that they do not actually use. This could be because they were testing many themes during initial setup, because they have changed themes over time, or because they have development and production versions of a theme. Whatever the reason, many times the unused themes will become outdated over time as site admins wouldn't have reason to update something that is not used. However, this could introduce an entry point to exploit a vulnerable theme by making the server run the unused theme for unsuspecting client requests. Depending on the vulnerability in a theme, this could lead to server side or client side arbitrary code execution. With DNN 10.1.0 this functionality is now disabled by default but a setting was introduced in the Security module to turn activate the functionality.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 22, 2025 (385 days ago).
  • Last revised September 22, 2025 — 0 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

NuGet
Update DotNetNuke.Core to 10.1.0 or later
dotnet add package DotNetNuke.Core --version 10.1.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: nuget (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
DotNetNuke.Core
nuget
10.0.0, 10.0.1, 6.0.0, 7.0.0 (+57 more)10.1.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 6.5 score means for each attack dimension.

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-59535?
DNN allows loading unused themes on anonymous clients through query parameters This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 6.5/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-59535?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
6.5

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-wq2j-w9pm-7x2p

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