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Dotnetnuke < 10.0.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Activity Feed (CVE-2025-52485)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240216

Synopsis

An ASP.NET application running on the remote web server is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Dotnetnuke running on the remote web server is prior to 10.0.1.
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 - DNN.PLATFORM Allows Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Activity Feed (CVE-2025-52485)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Dotnetnuke version 10.0.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d68de124

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 240216

File Name: dotnetnuke_CVE-2025-52485.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/20/2025

Updated: 6/20/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke, cpe:/a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke

Required KB Items: installed_sw/DNN

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-52485

CWE: 79