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CVE-2024-2476: OceanWP <= 3.5.4 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via Limited Local File Inclusion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The OceanWP theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the load_theme_panel_pane function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to expose sensitive information such as system/environment data and API keys.

Affected products

• OceanWP: through 3.5.4

References

• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=222387%40oceanwp&new=222387%40oceanwp&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ec2743d-0d96-4056-8fdf-dc81d4e9b76f?source=cve
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=222387%40oceanwp&new=222387%40oceanwp&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ec2743d-0d96-4056-8fdf-dc81d4e9b76f?source=cve

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