CVE-2025-22771 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-22771: WordPress The Great Firewords of China plugin <= 1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Studio Hyperset
Product The Great Firewords of China
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 17, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Studio Hyperset The Great Firewords of China sensitive-chinese-words-scanner allows Stored XSS.This issue affects The Great Firewords of China: from n/a through <= 1.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Great Firewords of China contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 1.2 and earlier. An attacker with low-level user access can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect multiple users across the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers to steal data or perform actions on their behalf.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' sessions and data can be compromised; attackers can deface content or redirect users to malicious sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Low-level user account and the victim must visit a page containing the attacker's injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated