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Source: dnnsoftware · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2025-59821Unknown / EvaluatingMEDIUM (raw)CVSS 6.5CWE-79

DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem

Published: 23 Sept 2025•Last updated: 12 Oct 2026, 01:40 AM IST•Source identifier: security-advisories@github.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
6.5MEDIUM (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Metric sourcesecurity-advisories@github.com
EPSS probability
0.2%0.002
Percentile11th
Weakness type
CWE-79
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to version 10.1.0, DNN’s URL/path handling and template rendering can allow specially crafted input to be reflected into a user profile that is returned to the browser. In these cases, the application does not sufficiently neutralize or encode characters that are meaningful in HTML, so an attacker can cause a victim’s browser to interpret attacker-controlled content as part of the page’s HTML. This issue has been patched in version 10.1.0.

SOC priority

Medium

Actively exploited

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

1 source-backed product
Affected products and versions (source)
  • dnnsoftware dotnetnuke · < 10.1.0 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched cross-site-scripting (CWE-79); user-interaction-client (CVSS AV:N, CVSS UI:R)

Exposure

  1. Identify the affected web component and source-stated version range.Telemetry: Application inventory · The weakness class does not identify local deployment. · Rule cross-site-scripting
  2. Identify endpoints reporting this CVE, especially those used for email and web browsing.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · A network vector that needs user interaction points at user-facing client software. · Rule user-interaction-client

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review suspicious script-bearing requests to the affected endpoint.Telemetry: Application access logs · Requests are leads, not evidence that a user session was compromised. · Rule cross-site-scripting
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Exploitation evidence

  1. Review unusual child processes started by the affected client application on affected endpoints.Telemetry: DeviceProcessEvents · Hunting hypothesis from the CVSS vector; it does not show that exploitation occurred. · Rule user-interaction-client

Response

  1. Verify the source-stated patch and retest the affected component.Telemetry: Application change records · Remediation requires a local version or configuration check. · Rule cross-site-scripting

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
security-advisories@github.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

2 public sources
github.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2025-59821
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2025-59821
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2025-59821"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

— No published briefing references this CVE

SecOps Signal surfaces public advisory facts only. A missing value means the source has not published it, not that your environment is unaffected. No tenant inventory is connected.