Headline
GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm: DNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field
Summary
Users can use special syntax to inject javascript code in their profile biography field. Although there was sanitization in place, it did not cover all possible scenarios
Description
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.
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm
DNN affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Biography field
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 22, 2025 in dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform • Updated Sep 22, 2025
Package
nuget DotNetNuke.Core (NuGet)
Affected versions
< 10.1.0
Summary
Users can use special syntax to inject javascript code in their profile biography field. Although there was sanitization in place, it did not cover all possible scenarios
Description
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.
References
- GHSA-7rcc-q6rq-jpcm
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 22, 2025
Last updated
Sep 22, 2025