CVE-2025-8891 (GCVE-0-2025-8891)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-13 03:42
Modified
2025-08-26 15:16
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
The OceanWP theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 4.0.9 to 4.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the oceanwp_notice_button_click() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install the Ocean Extra plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oceanwp OceanWP Version: 4.0.9   ≤ 4.1.1
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