CVE-2025-3457: Ocean Extra <= 2.4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Description
The Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'oceanwp_icon' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-3457
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: oceanwp
Product: Ocean Extra
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 8.57% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-05-21 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3457https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/362a01c0-8b97-40dc-8af5-0d904da96576?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-extra/tags/2.4.5/includes/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L838
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oceanwp/4.0.6/inc/oceanwp-theme-icons.php#L866
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oceanwp/4.0.6/inc/oceanwp-theme-icons.php#L819
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3277977/