What is CVE-2025-9499?

CVE-2025-9499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oceanwp Ocean Extra, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-9499?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Oceanwp Ocean Extra

CVE-2025-9499

The Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's oceanwp_library shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user sup…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (20.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Oceanwp Ocean Extra — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/290e9d95-0dac-4cc8-8cef-9e797…
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-extra/tags/2.4.9/includes/panel/librar…
wordpress.org/plugins/ocean-extra/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3351880

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9499?: CVE-2025-9499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oceanwp Ocean Extra, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-9499?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.