Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Ocean Extra Plugin by OceanWP

CVE-2025-3457

What is CVE-2025-3457?

The Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via the 'oceanwp_icon' shortcode. This flaw is present in all versions up to and including 2.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious web scripts into pages, leading to potential execution whenever a user accesses the compromised page.

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