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DotNetNuke 4.8.x <= 5.1.4 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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DotNetNuke 4.8 - 5.1.4 XSS Vulnerability. Input not sanitized, leading to arbitrary HTML and script execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:dotnetnuke:dotnetnuke";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800152");
  script_version("2025-07-22T05:43:35+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-22 05:43:35 +0000 (Tue, 22 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-12-02 13:54:57 +0100 (Wed, 02 Dec 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4110");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("DotNetNuke 4.8.x <= 5.1.4 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_dotnetnuke_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("dotnetnuke/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"DotNetNuke is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to input passed to the search parameters are
  not properly sanitized before being returned to the user.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary HTML and
  script code in the context of an affected site.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"DotNetNuke versions 4.8 through 5.1.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.2.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/37480");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37139");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityPolicy/securitybulletinno31/tabid/1450/Default.aspx");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.8.0", test_version2: "5.1.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.2.0", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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22 Jul 2025 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01659
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