diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
index dceb86355..50c7a07ac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
@@ -231,6 +231,29 @@ public function edit(int $id): View
         return view('items.edit', $data);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Strip scripts and other active content from an SVG icon.
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    private static function sanitizeSvg(string $svg): string
+    {
+        $sanitized = (new Sanitizer())->sanitize($svg);
+
+        // The sanitizer returns false when the SVG is not well-formed XML;
+        // storing that would leave an empty, extensionless icon.
+        if ($sanitized === false) {
+            throw ValidationException::withMessages(['file' => 'SVG could not be parsed and cannot be uploaded.']);
+        }
+
+        // Verify that the sanitization removed malicious content
+        if (stripos($sanitized, '<script') !== false) {
+            throw ValidationException::withMessages(['file' => 'SVG contains malicious content and cannot be uploaded.']);
+        }
+
+        return $sanitized;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param null $id
      * @throws ValidationException
@@ -241,24 +264,21 @@ public static function storelogic(Request $request, $id = null): Item
         $validatedData = $request->validate([
             'title' => 'required|max:255',
             'url' => 'required',
-            'file' => 'image'
+            // SVG icons are accepted here because they are sanitized below.
+            'file' => 'image:allow_svg'
         ]);
 
         if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
             $image = $request->file('file');
-            $extension = $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
-
-            if ($extension === 'svg') {
-                $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
-                $sanitizedSvg = $sanitizer->sanitize(file_get_contents($image->getRealPath()));
-
-                // Verify that the sanitization removed malicious content
-                if (strpos($sanitizedSvg, '<script>') !== false) {
-                    throw ValidationException::withMessages(['file' => 'SVG contains malicious content and cannot be uploaded.']);
-                }
 
+            // Validation and the stored file name both go by the detected
+            // type, not the client file name, so the sanitizer does too.
+            if ($image->guessExtension() === 'svg') {
                 // Save the sanitized SVG back to the file
-                file_put_contents($image->getRealPath(), $sanitizedSvg);
+                file_put_contents(
+                    $image->getRealPath(),
+                    self::sanitizeSvg(file_get_contents($image->getRealPath()))
+                );
             }
 
             $path = $image->store('icons', 'public');
@@ -290,13 +310,7 @@ public static function storelogic(Request $request, $id = null): Item
             $contents = (string) $response->getBody();
 
             if ($extension === 'svg') {
-                $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
-                $contents = $sanitizer->sanitize($contents);
-
-                // Verify that the sanitization removed malicious content
-                if (strpos($contents, '<script>') !== false) {
-                    throw ValidationException::withMessages(['file' => 'SVG contains malicious content and cannot be uploaded.']);
-                }
+                $contents = self::sanitizeSvg($contents);
             }
 
             if (!isImage($contents, $extension)) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ItemIconUploadTest.php b/tests/Feature/ItemIconUploadTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b41a476c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/ItemIconUploadTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use App\Item;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Icons uploaded on the add/edit item form. SVGs are accepted and sanitized
+ * before they are stored.
+ */
+class ItemIconUploadTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    private const SVG = '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 10 10">'
+        . '<script>alert(1)</script>'
+        . '<circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" onload="alert(2)"/></svg>';
+
+    /** @var string[] */
+    private array $tempFiles = [];
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        Storage::fake('public');
+        $this->seed();
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        array_map('unlink', array_filter($this->tempFiles, 'file_exists'));
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    private function itemPayload(UploadedFile $file): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'pinned' => 1,
+            'appid' => 'null',
+            'website' => null,
+            'title' => 'Item A',
+            'colour' => '#00f',
+            'url' => 'http://10.0.1.1',
+            'tags' => [0],
+            'file' => $file,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A real file on disk, so the MIME type is detected from its contents
+     * rather than taken from the client file name.
+     */
+    private function upload(string $contents, string $clientName): UploadedFile
+    {
+        $path = $this->tempFiles[] = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'icon');
+        file_put_contents($path, $contents);
+
+        return new UploadedFile($path, $clientName, null, null, true);
+    }
+
+    public static function svgClientNames(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'svg extension' => ['icon.svg'],
+            // Fails if the sanitizer goes by the client file name.
+            'png extension' => ['icon.png'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('svgClientNames')]
+    public function test_svg_icon_upload_is_accepted_and_sanitized(string $clientName): void
+    {
+        $response = $this->post('/items', $this->itemPayload($this->upload(self::SVG, $clientName)));
+
+        $response->assertSessionHasNoErrors();
+        $item = Item::where('title', 'Item A')->firstOrFail();
+        Storage::disk('public')->assertExists($item->icon);
+        $stored = Storage::disk('public')->get($item->icon);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('<circle', $stored);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('<script', $stored);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('onload', $stored);
+    }
+
+    public function test_malformed_svg_upload_is_rejected(): void
+    {
+        $malformed = '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle r="1">&nbsp;</svg>';
+
+        $response = $this->post('/items', $this->itemPayload($this->upload($malformed, 'icon.svg')));
+
+        $response->assertSessionHasErrors('file');
+        $this->assertNull(Item::where('title', 'Item A')->first());
+    }
+
+    public function test_non_image_upload_is_rejected(): void
+    {
+        $response = $this->post('/items', $this->itemPayload($this->upload('just some text', 'icon.txt')));
+
+        $response->assertSessionHasErrors('file');
+        $this->assertNull(Item::where('title', 'Item A')->first());
+    }
+}