CVE-2025-62802 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in Dnn.Platform. A fix is available for Dnn.Platform — see the affected versions and patch details below.
DNN CKEditor Provider allows unauthenticated upload out-of-the-box
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-62802.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
Dnn.PlatformReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
The out-of-box experience for HTML editing allows unauthenticated users to upload files. This opens a potential vector to other security issues and is not needed on most implementations.
Details
The new out-of-box experience blocks that endpoint to unauthenticated users. If there is a real need for the implementation to allow unauthenticated uploads, then the web.config can be edited by the implementer to remove that block and open the endpoint to the public.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Dnn.Platform | all versions | 10.1.1dotnet add package Dnn.Platform --version 10.1.1 |
Affected Products
dotnetnukednnsoftwareDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Dnn.Platform, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Dnn.Platform to 10.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-62802 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Treat uploaded files as untrusted until proven otherwise: validate the actual content type rather than the supplied extension, store uploads outside the web root on a volume mounted without execute permission, and rename them to server-generated identifiers so an attacker cannot choose the path a request will later resolve.
Frequently Asked Questions
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