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CVE-2025-59539 — Vulnerability in DotNetNuke.Core — CVE Details

MEDIUM

DNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field

Published September 22, 2025Updated September 23, 2025Source: osv

Summary

## 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.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 22, 2025 (385 days ago).
  • Last revised September 23, 2025 — 1 day 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.

  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 6.3 score means for each attack dimension.

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

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-59539?
DNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 6.3/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-59539?
CVE-2025-59539 affects DotNetNuke.Core. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-59539 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
6.3

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

Also Known As

GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm

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