# CVE-2025-22664: WordPress Survey Maker Plugin <= 5.1.3.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Stored XSS in Survey Maker plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pg65-86gh-q227

## What is CVE-2025-22664?

CVE-2025-22664 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker, published on 4 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker survey-maker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through <= 5.1.3.5.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22664?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ays-Pro Survey Maker.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22664?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22664 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ays Pro Survey Maker

- [CVE-2023-23490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23490/): SQL injection in Survey Maker WordPress Plugin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24459/): Survey Maker < 1.5.6 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0038/): Survey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin <= 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-29918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29918/): WordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-34423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34423/): Cross-site scripting in Survey Maker (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22664 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22664 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker, published on 4 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ays Pro Survey Maker. 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-2025-22664/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22664/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22664
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22664
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22664

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22664/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.