#VU107954 Stored cross-site scripting in Ocean Extra - CVE-2025-3457
Published: April 25, 2025
Ocean Extra
oceanwp
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "oceanwp_icon" shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-extra/tags/2.4.5/includes/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L838
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3277977/
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oceanwp/4.0.6/inc/oceanwp-theme-icons.php#L819
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oceanwp/4.0.6/inc/oceanwp-theme-icons.php#L866
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/362a01c0-8b97-40dc-8af5-0d904da96576?source=cve