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CVE-2025-8891: OceanWP <= 4.0.9 - 4.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Ocean Extra Plugin Installation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

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 products

• OceanWP: from 4.0.9 through 4.1.1

References

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8891/
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283264/oceanwp/4.1.2/inc/activation-notice/api.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c6f9a3d-54a6-4405-b42b-37fc8342af96?source=cve
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8891/

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