CVE-2025-8944

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.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2025-09-05

Modified

2026-09-30

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• oceanwp:oceanwp

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf77b7f2-525b-4fe8-b612-185a1c18c197/

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