# CVE-2025-65622: Snipe-IT allows stored XSS via the Locations "Country" field

> Low-privileged users can inject JavaScript into the Locations Country field, executing code in other users' sessions to potentially steal data or take over accounts.

- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4g25-wj72-chxg

## What is CVE-2025-65622?

CVE-2025-65622 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 1 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Snipe-IT before 8.3.4 allows stored XSS via the Locations "Country" field, enabling a low-privileged authenticated user to inject JavaScript that executes in another user's session.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65622?

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 | 8.3.4 |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions | 8.3.4 |

Products: Snipeitapp Snipe-It.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-65622?

Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.3.4 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-65622 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65622 exists.

## 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-2025-65622 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-65622 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 1 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65622 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.3.4
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.3.4

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-2025-65622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65622/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65622
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65622
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65622

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65622/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.