---
id: CVE-2025-59539
title: >-
  DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform
  (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem
summary: >-
  DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform
  (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to version 10.1.0, when embedding
  information in the Biography field, even if that field is not rich-text, users
  could in…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: dnnsoftware
product: dotnetnuke
affected:
  - dotnetnuke < 10.1.0
  - dotnetnuke = 10.1.0
patched:
  - dotnetnuke 10.1.0
published: '2025-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59539'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00179
epssPercentile: 0.06732
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.402Z'
---

## Overview

DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to version 10.1.0, when embedding information in the Biography field, even if that field is not rich-text, users could inject javascript code that would run in the context of the website and to any other user that can view the profile including administrators and/or superusers. This issue has been patched in version 10.1.0.

## Affected

- `dotnetnuke < 10.1.0`
- `dotnetnuke = 10.1.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `dotnetnuke 10.1.0`