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CVE-2016-7119

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7119 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in DotNetNuke (DNN) versions prior to 8.0.1, specifically within the user-profile biography section. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML via a crafted onclick attribute in an IMG element, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 08.00.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnnsoftware:dotnetnuke:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DotNetNuke.CoreFixed in: 8.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

nugetGHSA-5c66-x4wm-rjfxmedium

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

Oct 16, 2018

References

dnnsoftware.com / community/security/security-center
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92719