VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12562

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in DotNetNuke (DNN) Version before 9.4.0 allows remote attackers to store and embed the malicious script into the admin notification page.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.1EPSS 6.15%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in DotNetNuke (DNN) Version before 9.4.0 allows remote attackers to store and embed the malicious script into the admin notification page. The exploit could be used to perfom any action with admin privileges such as managing content, adding users, uploading backdoors to the server, etc. Successful exploitation occurs when an admin user visits a notification page with stored cross-site scripting.

CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 6.15% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · first 1 October 2019
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: dnnsoftware/dotnetnuke
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 6.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-47448 source ↗	DotNetNuke < 9.4.0 - Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · MaYaSeVeN	webapps	1 October 2019	no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.