Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in OceanWP Theme by OceanWP
CVE-2025-8891

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
OceanWP
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-8891?

The OceanWP theme for WordPress contains a flaw where inadequate nonce validation within the oceanwp_notice_button_click() function exposes it to Cross-Site Request Forgery. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to potentially install the Ocean Extra plugin without authorization if they can successfully deceive a site administrator into executing a specific action, such as clicking a link. It is crucial for users of the OceanWP theme to ensure proper security measures are implemented to mitigate this risk.

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Affected Version(s)

OceanWP 4.0.9 <= 4.1.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283264/oceanw...
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8891/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
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