{"id":79363,"date":"2025-09-29T23:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:56:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:12:41","slug":"cve-2025-59545-high-severity-xss-vulnerability-in-dnn-s-prompt-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59545-high-severity-xss-vulnerability-in-dnn-s-prompt-module\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-59545: High Severity XSS Vulnerability in DNN&#8217;s Prompt Module<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a severe security vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2025-59545, in the Prompt module of DNN (formerly DotNetNuke). DNN is a widely used open-source web content management platform (CMS) within the Microsoft ecosystem. This vulnerability, prevalent in versions prior to 10.1.0, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26210-deepseek-xss-vulnerability-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86630\">potentially lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage if successfully exploited by a malicious actor. It is crucial for organizations utilizing DNN to understand the implications of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49401-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-expresstech-systems-quiz-and-survey-master\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87178\">vulnerability and take immediate steps to secure their systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-59545<br \/>\nSeverity: High (9.0 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Web-based (XSS)<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10034-d-link-dir-825-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87485\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3515002231\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>DNN | Prior to 10.1.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies in the Prompt module of DNN. The module allows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7388-remote-command-execution-via-java-rmi-interface-in-openedge-adminserver\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87028\">execution of commands<\/a> that can return raw HTML. Therefore, an attacker could craft malicious input, which, even if sanitized for display elsewhere, can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-56803-arbitrary-os-command-execution-vulnerability-in-figma-desktop-for-windows\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87076\">executed when processed through certain commands<\/a>. This leads to potential script execution, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55742-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-unopim\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86873\">cross-site scripting<\/a> (XSS), where the attacker can inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. This exploitation could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36890-critical-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-may-lead-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87821\">lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2089454526\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A potential exploitation could look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/DNNModule\/PromptCmd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;cmd&quot;: &quot;&lt;script&gt;alert(&#039;This is a XSS attack&#039;)&lt;\/script&gt;&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker sends a POST request to the DNN Prompt module. The malicious payload contains a script that can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52904-command-execution-vulnerability-in-file-browser-version-2-32-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92220\">executed by the victim&#8217;s browser<\/a>, revealing the vulnerability. In a real-world scenario, the script could be much more malicious, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48539-critical-out-of-bounds-read-in-acl-arbiter-cc-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87347\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users of DNN should immediately apply the vendor patch, which was made available in version 10.1.0. For temporary mitigation, users can utilize a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS). However, these are not long-term solutions and users are strongly advised to apply the patch as soon as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10534-critical-firefox-and-thunderbird-vulnerability-leading-to-possible-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89451\">possible to ensure their systems<\/a> remain secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a severe security vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2025-59545, in the Prompt module of DNN (formerly DotNetNuke). DNN is a widely used open-source web content management platform (CMS) within the Microsoft ecosystem. This vulnerability, prevalent in versions prior to 10.1.0, could potentially lead to system compromise or data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[81],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-79363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-xss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79363"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85434,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79363\/revisions\/85434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=79363"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=79363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}