CVE-2024-1277 Ocean Extra <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-1277?

CVE-2024-1277 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in oceanwp Ocean Extra, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom fields in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1277?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oceanwp Ocean Extra.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-1277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in oceanwp Ocean Extra

• CVE-2019-16250 Missing authorization in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2022-3374 Ocean Extra < 2.0.5 - Admin+ PHP Objection Injection High 7.2
• CVE-2025-3472 Ocean Extra <= 2.4.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-37489 WordPress Ocean Extra plugin <= 2.2.9 - Authenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-0749 Ocean Extra < 2.1.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Content Disclosure Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xfmv-m7j3-pj68.