CVE-2025-8944

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-13 | Published 2025-09-05 | Updated 2025-09-05 | Assigner WPScan

Problem types

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Product status

Credits

Hamit Cibo finder

WPScan coordinator

References

wpscan.com/...rability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197/ exploit vdb-entry technical-description

cve.org (CVE-2025-8944)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8944)

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