# CVE-2022-25629: Cross-site scripting in Symantec Messaging Gateway

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts via annotations, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover in Symantec Messaging Gateway.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jg8-2jvh-hppf

## What is CVE-2022-25629?

CVE-2022-25629 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Symantec Messaging Gateway, published on 9 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An authenticated user who has the privilege to add/edit annotations on the Content tab, can craft a malicious annotation that can be executed on the annotations page (Annotation Text Column).

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25629?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Messaging Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Messaging Gateway

- [CVE-2017-6326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6326/): Code injection in Messaging Gateway (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-12242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12242/): Auth bypass in Symantec Messaging Gateway (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-12243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12243/): XML external entity in Symantec Messaging Gateway (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-2204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2204/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2012-3579](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3579/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25629 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25629 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Symantec Messaging Gateway, published on 9 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Messaging Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25629/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25629/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25629
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25629
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25629

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25629/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.