CVE-2025-8891

Published: Aug 13, 2025Modified: Dec 18, 2025

4.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Oceanwp: Oceanwp

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Oceanwp Oceanwp	From 4.0.9 to 4.1.1

Related CWEs

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (4)

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8891/

Source: security@wordfence.com

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283264/oceanwp/4.1.2/inc/activation-notice/api.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

Patch

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c6f9a3d-54a6-4405-b42b-37fc8342af96?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

Third Party Advisory

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8891/

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

ExploitThird Party Advisory

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