# CVE-2025-60948: Census CSWeb stored XSS

> A remote authenticated attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into user fields, leading to script execution in victims' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 23 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32px-r229-cx92

## What is CVE-2025-60948?

CVE-2025-60948 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Census CSWeb 8.0.1 allows stored cross-site scripting in user supplied fields. A remote, authenticated attacker could store malicious javascript that executes in a victim's browser. Fixed in 8.1.0 alpha.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60948?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Csprousers Csweb.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-60948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-60948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-60948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Census CSWeb

- [CVE-2025-60949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60949/): Census CSWeb leaked configuration files (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-60946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60946/): Census CSWeb path traversal (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-60947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60947/): Census CSWeb arbitrary file upload (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-60948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-60948 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. 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-2025-60948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Census CSWeb. 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-2025-60948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.