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DNN (DotNetNuke) < 7.4.0 Unspecified Persistent XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81319

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains an ASP.NET application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of DNN installed on the remote host is affected by an unspecified, persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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 DNN version 7.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81319

File Name: dotnetnuke_7_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Published: 2/12/2015

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke

Required KB Items: installed_sw/DNN

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1566

BID: 73447