CVE-2025-3457 Ocean Extra <= 2.4.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

What is CVE-2025-3457?

CVE-2025-3457 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in oceanwp Ocean Extra, published on 22 Apr 2025. 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3457?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oceanwp Ocean Extra.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3457 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-2025-3457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3457 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-v6r8-vw53-vqwp.