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Vulnerability · 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, s

Published Sep 5, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 5, 2025 · Unknown OceanWP

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8944. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown OceanWP is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.23%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown OceanWP 0 <4.1.2

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown OceanWP 0 <4.1.20 <4.1.2

How to fix CVE-2025-8944

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8944. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown OceanWP is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown OceanWP 0 <4.1.2 0 <4.1.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Sep 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8944

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8944

    30-day exploitation probability 0.23%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26881

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026