{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22521 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22521 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-22521 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Scott Farrell wp Hosting Performance Check, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22521 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-22521 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Scott Farrell wp Hosting Performance Check, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22521 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Scott Farrell wp Hosting Performance Check. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22521/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22521/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-22521","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22521/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-22521","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-72fx-77qc-qgxv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other users via reflected XSS in the wp Hosting Performance Check plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Scott Farrell wp Hosting Performance Check wp-hosting-performance-check allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects wp Hosting Performance Check: from n/a through \u003c= 2.18.8.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress wp Hosting Performance Check Plugin \u003c= 2.18.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-22521","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress SingSong plugin \u003c= 1.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-22522"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Tock Widget Plugin \u003c= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-22520"},"products":["wp Hosting Performance Check"],"published":"2025-01-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Scott Farrell"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other users via reflected XSS in the wp Hosting Performance Check plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22521/"}