{"id":"CVE-2026-115592","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-115592"],"related":[],"title":"OceanWP WordPress theme: reflected XSS lets attackers run scripts in visitors' browsers","description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in OceanWP OceanWP oceanwp allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects OceanWP: from n/a through 4.2.7.","summary":"OceanWP, a WordPress theme, has a reflected cross-site scripting flaw: input is not neutralized before it is written into a page. An attacker who tricks a user into opening a crafted link can run script in that user's browser session.","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["oceanwp","package","self-hosted","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["theme-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Look at the installed OceanWP version in the WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes, or in the theme's style.css header.\n- Confirm whether the site uses the OceanWP theme at all.","fix":"- OceanWP: versions through `4.2.7` are affected; move to a later release than `4.2.7` (the sources do not name the fixed version).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:29+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:27+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-29T11:25:34+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T11:25:34+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-29T11:25:34Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- OceanWP: versions through `4.2.7` are affected; move to a later release than `4.2.7` (the sources do not name the fixed version).","reach":"internet","title":"OceanWP WordPress theme: reflected XSS lets attackers run scripts in visitors' browsers","impact":"medium","summary":"OceanWP, a WordPress theme, has a reflected cross-site scripting flaw: input is not neutralized before it is written into a page. An attacker who tricks a user into opening a crafted link can run script in that user's browser session.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","oceanwp","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"attacker runs script in visitors' browsers via crafted links","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed OceanWP version and the affected parameter from the NVD entry or the vendor changelog.","how_to_check":"- Look at the installed OceanWP version in the WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes, or in the theme's style.css header.\n- Confirm whether the site uses the OceanWP theme at all.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["theme-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Websites running the OceanWP WordPress theme at version 4.2.7 or earlier. The flaw is reflected, so exposure depends on the page handling user input; the sources do not name the affected code path or the required setup.","user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000691,"input_tokens":4115,"output_tokens":558,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-115592':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A '4.2.7':94C 'affect':89C 'allow':85C 'attack':7A,49B 'browser':12A,66B 'craft':57B 'cross':33B,77C 'cross-sit':32B,76C 'cve':13A,16A 'flaw':36B 'generat':75C 'host':23B 'improp':68C 'input':37B,71C 'issu':88C 'let':6A 'link':58B 'n/a':92C 'neutral':40B,69C 'oceanwp':1A,19B,25B,82C,83C,84C,90C 'open':55B 'packag':20B 'page':47B,74C 'reflect':4A,31B,86C 'run':8A,60B 'script':9A,35B,61B,79C 'self':22B 'self-host':21B 'session':67B 'site':34B,78C 'theme':3A,28B 'trick':51B 'user':53B,64B 'visitor':11A 'vulner':80C 'web':73C 'wordpress':2A,24B,27B 'written':44B 'xss':5A 'xss.this':87C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Websites running the OceanWP WordPress theme at version 4.2.7 or earlier. The flaw is reflected, so exposure depends on the page handling user input; the sources do not name the affected code path or the required setup.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:29+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-115592","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115592","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:29+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:29+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:27+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:27+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}