What is CVE-2025-55522?

CVE-2025-55522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-55522?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XSS in Akaunting

CVE-2025-55522

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /common/reports of Akaunting v3.1.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Akaunting

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/akaunting/akaunting/tree/3.1.18 (Product)
github.com/vityuasd/VulList/blob/main/vul_1.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55522?: CVE-2025-55522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-55522?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.