CVE-2025-8891 – OceanWP Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-8891 vulnerability over time.

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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-352
    Added Reference https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283264/oceanwp/4.1.2/inc/activation-notice/api.php
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c6f9a3d-54a6-4405-b42b-37fc8342af96?source=cve
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