CVE-2025-8944

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2025-8944 · Published 05/09/2025 · updated 30/09/2026

In short

CVE-2025-8944 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting oceanwp (oceanwp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.23%, higher than 14.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.1.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
oceanwp oceanwp	`< 4.1.2`	`4.1.2`

Description

The OceanWP WordPress theme before 4.1.2 is vulnerable to an option update due to a missing capability check on one of its AJAX request handler, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update the darkMod` setting.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197 · Exploit

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