diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 6fdf625a4..7159cbd14 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="ExcelMapper" Version="6.0.641" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MessagePack" Version="3.1.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="2.3.11" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.1.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.FeatureManagement.AspNetCore" Version="4.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.OpenApi" Version="2.11.0" />
diff --git a/src/Build/Grand.Host.props b/src/Build/Grand.Host.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..372c61877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Build/Grand.Host.props
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<Project>
+
+    <!--
+        The business layer implementations, referenced by the hosts - and only by the hosts.
+
+        Nothing in the web layer links a type from these assemblies: the whole solution compiles
+        against the contracts in Grand.Business.Core. What these references are for is presence.
+        Each of the nine projects carries a Startup/StartupApplication.cs, and TypeSearcher finds
+        IStartupApplication by walking the assemblies loaded in the AppDomain
+        (Grand.Infrastructure/TypeSearch/TypeSearcher.cs). An implementation that is not referenced
+        by the host never reaches the host's output, is never loaded, and its services are never
+        registered.
+
+        So this list looks removable and is not. Dropping an entry costs an entire business area's
+        DI registration, and nothing fails at build time - the first sign is a resolution failure
+        on a request at runtime.
+
+        These belong to the host because the host is the composition root. They used to sit in
+        Grand.Web.Common, which meant the shared web layer - and through it every plugin, since
+        Grand.Plugin.props references it - compiled against the entire business layer for no
+        reason at all.
+
+        Private is left at its default: unlike a plugin, the host is exactly where these
+        assemblies are supposed to be copied.
+
+        Paths are anchored to this file so a host can sit at any depth.
+    -->
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Authentication\Grand.Business.Authentication.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Catalog\Grand.Business.Catalog.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Checkout\Grand.Business.Checkout.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Cms\Grand.Business.Cms.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Common\Grand.Business.Common.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Customers\Grand.Business.Customers.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Marketing\Grand.Business.Marketing.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Messages\Grand.Business.Messages.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\Business\Grand.Business.Storage\Grand.Business.Storage.csproj" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Admin/Grand.Web.Admin.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Admin/Grand.Web.Admin.csproj
index 618afe4d5..8bf8d66b7 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Admin/Grand.Web.Admin.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Admin/Grand.Web.Admin.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 	<Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Common.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Host.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<AddRazorSupportForMvc>true</AddRazorSupportForMvc>
 		<ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web.AdminShared/Grand.Web.AdminShared.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web.AdminShared/Grand.Web.AdminShared.csproj
index 8f965a46f..3543d02a4 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web.AdminShared/Grand.Web.AdminShared.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web.AdminShared/Grand.Web.AdminShared.csproj
@@ -17,5 +17,16 @@
 		     Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http 2.1.1 has a known high severity advisory (GHSA-hxrm-9w7p-39cc).
 		     This reference lifts it to a patched 2.x. Remove only together with elFinder. -->
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" />
+		<!-- Same story, same package graph. elFinder.Net.Core 1.5.0 brings Newtonsoft.Json 11.0.2
+		     (GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr) and SixLabors.ImageSharp 2.0.0 (GHSA-2cmq-823j-5qj8 and six more),
+		     and neither is used from this project's code.
+
+		     Until Grand.Web.Common referenced the whole business layer, these floors arrived by
+		     accident: Scryber.Core and the rest of that graph outvoted elFinder and the versions
+		     below are exactly what resolved then. Moving those references to the hosts, where they
+		     belong, took the accident away and the vulnerable versions surfaced - so the floor is
+		     stated here on purpose. Remove only together with elFinder. -->
+		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Common/Grand.Web.Common.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Common/Grand.Web.Common.csproj
index 607719f89..e021874b4 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Common/Grand.Web.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Common/Grand.Web.Common.csproj
@@ -17,18 +17,5 @@
 		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Core\Grand.Infrastructure\Grand.Infrastructure.csproj" />
 		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Core\Grand.SharedKernel\Grand.SharedKernel.csproj" />
 	</ItemGroup>
-	
-	<ItemGroup>
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Authentication\Grand.Business.Authentication.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Catalog\Grand.Business.Catalog.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Checkout\Grand.Business.Checkout.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Cms\Grand.Business.Cms.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Common\Grand.Business.Common.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Customers\Grand.Business.Customers.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Marketing\Grand.Business.Marketing.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Messages\Grand.Business.Messages.csproj" />
-		<ProjectReference Include="..\..\Business\Grand.Business.Storage\Grand.Business.Storage.csproj" />
-	</ItemGroup>
-
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Store/Grand.Web.Store.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Store/Grand.Web.Store.csproj
index 3031821f6..ad0a7be75 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Store/Grand.Web.Store.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Store/Grand.Web.Store.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Host.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<AddRazorSupportForMvc>true</AddRazorSupportForMvc>
 		<ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Vendor/Grand.Web.Vendor.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Vendor/Grand.Web.Vendor.csproj
index 0e082d854..5ba2f8eab 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web.Vendor/Grand.Web.Vendor.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web.Vendor/Grand.Web.Vendor.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
     <Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Common.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Host.props" />
     <PropertyGroup>
         <AddRazorSupportForMvc>true</AddRazorSupportForMvc>
         <ServerGarbageCollection>false</ServerGarbageCollection>
diff --git a/src/Web/Grand.Web/Grand.Web.csproj b/src/Web/Grand.Web/Grand.Web.csproj
index f0c2420e1..394818e8d 100644
--- a/src/Web/Grand.Web/Grand.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Web/Grand.Web/Grand.Web.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 	<Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Common.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\Build\Grand.Host.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<!--The common language runtime (CLR) supports two types of garbage collection:
 		workstation garbage collection, which is available on all systems, and server garbage collection,