Known vulnerabilities in Performance Lab

Performance plugin from the WordPress Performance Team, which is a collection of standalone performance features.

1Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.2.0Latest version

100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Performance Lab to 2.3.0 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 1, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-47174	High 8.8	0.3%	2.2.0 and earlier	`2.3.0`	May 25, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.