CVE-2025-8944 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Oceanwp	Oceanwp Plugin
Wordpress	Wordpress

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Vendors	Products
Oceanwp	Oceanwp Plugin
Wordpress	Wordpress

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197/

History

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Oceanwp Oceanwp oceanwp Plugin Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Oceanwp Oceanwp oceanwp Plugin Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		OceanWP < 4.1.2 - Subscriber+ Limited Option Update
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-09-05T06:00:02.190Z

Updated: 2025-09-05T16:09:21.888Z

Reserved: 2025-08-13T13:34:06.692Z

Link: CVE-2025-8944

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-05T16:09:03.168Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-05T06:15:33.303

Modified: 2025-09-05T17:47:10.303

Link: CVE-2025-8944

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-05T14:01:46Z

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