Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12562
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2019-12562
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:39.798488427Z",
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