Dotnetnuke 5.0.x < 9.6.1 (09.06.01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137365

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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 5.0.x prior to 9.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- The maintainers of jQuery published version 3.5.0 with a security fix included regarding HTML manipulation.
Fix(es) for this Issue DNN Platform 9.6.0 was released with 3.5.0 included, and 9.6.1 was released with jQuery 3.5.1 after they released an urgent update. It is recommended to upgrade to the newest DNN Version to take advantage of these fixes. It is not possible to update jQuery alone without an DNN version upgrade. Affected Versions DNN Platform version 5.0.0 through 9.6.0 (2020-07)

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 9.6.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137365

File Name: dotnetnuke_9_6_1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/12/2020

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: No cve available for this vulnerability.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke

Required KB Items: installed_sw/DNN

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2020

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