# CVE-2024-51093: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Snipe-IT

> Attackers can upload malicious XML files to execute JavaScript, leading to privilege escalation and super admin access in Snipe-IT.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:** 12 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hw9x-8m75-4vjq

## What is CVE-2024-51093?

CVE-2024-51093 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 12 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Snipe-IT - v7.0.13 allows an attacker to upload a malicious XML file containing JavaScript code. This can lead to privilege escalation when the payload is executed, granting the attacker super admin permissions within the Snipe-IT system.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51093?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including snipe/snipe-it. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions to 7.0.13 | None |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions to 7.0.13 | None |

Products: Snipeitapp Snipe-It.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-51093?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51093 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51093 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Snipeitapp Snipe-It

- [CVE-2025-63601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63601/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-37709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-37709/): Snipe-IT has insecure permissions in file uploads (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-86738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-86738/): Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 CSS Injection via Custom CSS (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-116199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-116199/): Snipe-IT before 8.6.3 Authentication Bypass via Google SSO Callback (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2022-1380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1380/): Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Item name parameter in snipe/snipe-it (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51093 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51093 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 12 Nov 2024. 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-2024-51093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions up to 7.0.13; no fix listed
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions up to 7.0.13; no fix listed

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-2024-51093/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51093/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51093
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51093
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51093

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51093/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.