OceanWP <= 3.5.4 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via Limited Local File Inclusion

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-2476
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 28, 2024
Last Updated March 29, 2024
Researcher Webbernaut

Description

The OceanWP theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the load_theme_panel_pane function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to expose sensitive information such as system/environment data and API keys.

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Vulnerability Details for OceanWP

Software Type Theme
Software Slug oceanwp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.5.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.4
Patched Version
  • 3.5.5

Recent vulnerabilities in OceanWP

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 OceanWP <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update CVE-2025-8944 4.3 Hamit Cibo August 15, 2025
2 OceanWP <= 4.0.9 - 4.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Ocean Extra Plugin Installation CVE-2025-8891 4.3 Dmitrii Ignatyev August 12, 2025
3 Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Magnific Popups JavaScript Library CVE-2024-5647 6.4 Webbernaut July 2, 2025
4 OceanWP <= 4.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Select HTML Tag CVE-2025-5524 4.9 Asaf Mozes June 18, 2025
5 OceanWP <= 3.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion CVE-2023-23700 8.8 Rafie Muhammad February 27, 2023

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