PT-2025-36114 · WordPress · Oceanwp Wordpress Theme

Hamit Cibo · Published 2025-09-05 · Updated 2026-01-20 · CVE-2025-8944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OceanWP WordPress theme versions prior to 4.1.2

Description The OceanWP WordPress theme is susceptible to unauthorized option updates due to a missing capability check within an AJAX request handler. This allows any authenticated user, even those with limited privileges like a subscriber, to modify the darkMod setting.

Recommendations Update the OceanWP WordPress theme to version 4.1.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8944

Affected Products

Oceanwp Wordpress Theme

References · 8

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8944 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1963871260942696867 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/134362 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1963893953704657212 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/31760 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/149344 · Telegram Post