CVE-2005-0040 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DotNetNuke before 3.0.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) register a new user page, (2) User-Agent, or (3) Username, which is not properly quoted before sending to the error log

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DotNetNuke before 3.0.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) register a new user page, (2) User-Agent, or (3) Username, which is not properly quoted before sending to the error log

Published May 19, 2005

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.33%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DotNetNuke before 3.0.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) register a new user page, (2) User-Agent, or (3) Username, which is not properly quoted before sending to the error log.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.33% 0.01330

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01330

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.33% (0.01330)	70.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.33% (0.01330)	67.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.53% (0.00527)	65.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.83% (0.00831)	82.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.83% (0.00831)	81.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.83% (0.00831)	79.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111627180518591&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/15397
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13644
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13646
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13647
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.woany.co.uk/advisories/dotnetnukexss.txt
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111627180518591&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/15397		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13644		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13646		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13647		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.woany.co.uk/advisories/dotnetnukexss.txt		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 19, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2005

Link CVE-2005-0040

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-0040

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-0040