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Medium severity · published Aug 31, 2016
CVE-2016-7119
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user-profile biography section in DotNetNuke (DNN) before 8.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or…
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user-profile biography section in DotNetNuke (DNN) before 8.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted onclick attribute in an IMG element.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotnetnuke · Dnnsoftware
through 08.00.04 · source: NVD
Affected product
DO
Dotnetnuke
Dnnsoftware
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7119
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7119
Patch
http://www.dnnsoftware.com/community/security/security-center
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92719
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