CVE-2016-7119 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user-profile biography section in DotNetNuke (DNN)

What is CVE-2016-7119?

CVE-2016-7119 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke, published on 31 Aug 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7119?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including DotNetNuke.Core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7119?

Upgrade DotNetNuke.Core to 8.0.1 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-7119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke

• CVE-2017-9822 DotNetNuke (DNN) Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-15811 DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2018-18325 DotNetNuke (DNN) Inadequate Encryption Strength Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2025-64095 DNN Insufficient Access Control - Image Upload allows for Site Content Overwrite Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-3601 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0

All Dnnsoftware Dotnetnuke vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5c66-x4wm-rjfx.