Hash ElementsWordPress extension · Hashthemes
CVE-2025-22296
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Elements hash-elements.This issue affects Hash Elements: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hash Elements WordPress plugin where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being rendered in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in victim browsers.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Hash ElementsWordPress extension
< 1.5.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Hash Elements plugin installationCheck your WordPress wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named 'hash-elements' or similar. In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Hash Elements' by Hashthemes.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory or appears in the WordPress plugins list
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Determine the installed version numberIn WordPress admin, find Hash Elements in the plugins list and note the version number displayed under the plugin name. Alternatively, open the main plugin PHP file (usually in wp-content/plugins/hash-elements/) and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.Affected if Version number is visible and can be recorded
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Compare version against the affected rangeCompare your installed version to the affected range: any version lower than 1.5.1 is vulnerable. For example, 1.5.0, 1.4.9, 1.0.0, or any other version below 1.5.1 is affected.Affected if Installed version is less than 1.5.1 (e.g., 1.5.0, 1.4.x, 1.3.x, etc.)
Your environment is affected if the Hash Elements plugin by Hashthemes is installed and the version number is lower than 1.5.1.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.5.1
Upgrade Hash Elements plugin to version 1.5.1 or later which includes proper input sanitization; alternatively, implement output encoding and use WordPress sanitization functions on all user inputs before rendering.
1.5.1
- 1. Create a full backup of the WordPress site including database and files
- 2. Navigate to WordPress dashboard > Plugins (or Theme settings if this is a theme)
- 3. Locate Hash Elements by hashthemes
- 4. Update Hash Elements to version 1.5.1
- 5. Clear any caching mechanisms (site cache, CDN cache, browser cache)
- 6. Verify the update was successful by checking the installed version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Hash Elements
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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