Dotnetnuke 7.0.x < 9.5.0 XSS

critical Nessus Plugin ID 137079

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Dotnetnuke running on the remote web server is 7.0.x prior to 9.5.0. It is, therefore, affected by a XSS vulnerability.

- For websites with user registration enabled, it is possible for a user to craft a registration that would inject malicious content to their profile that could expose information using an XSS style exploit.
Mitigating Factors Websites not allowing registration will be unaffected by this issue. Fix(es) for This Issue Users must upgrade DNN Platform to version 9.5.0 or later to be protected from this issue. Affected Versions DNN Platform version 7.0.0 through 9.4.4 (2020-04)

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 9.5.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 137079

File Name: dotnetnuke_9_5_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/3/2020

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19790

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke

Required KB Items: installed_sw/DNN

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2020