#VU114757 Stored cross-site scripting in Ocean Extra - CVE-2025-9499
Published: September 3, 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 within oceanwp_library 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/2.4.9/includes/panel/library-shortcode.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3351880
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ocean-extra/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/290e9d95-0dac-4cc8-8cef-9e7974405f36?source=cve