Medium severity · published Jun 19, 2025
CVE-2025-5524
OceanWP <= 4.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Select HTML Tag
4.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The OceanWP theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Select HTML tag in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OC
OceanWP · oceanwp
through 4.0.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5524
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5524
themes.trac.wordpress.org
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/oceanwp/4.0.9/assets/js/select.min.js
themes.trac.wordpress.org
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/276114/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37b085f9-3b15-44aa-9ba0-de5321dfbce4?source=cve
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