CVE-2025-8944CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2025-8944

Medium · published September 5, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00232 · 13.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-09-05T10:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
oceanwp/oceanwp< 4.1.24.1.2
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 SEP 06:00Z
    OceanWP < 4.1.2 - Subscriber+ Limited Option Update
    cvelistv5