CVE-2025-3458: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Ocean Extra plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 2.4.6. The vulnerability exists in the 'ocean_gallery_id' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This security issue was discovered on April 21, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-3458 (NVD).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. The exploitation requires the Classic Editor plugin to be installed and activated. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity (Wordfence).

When exploited, the vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. This can lead to potential client-side attacks and compromise of user data in the context of the affected website (NVD, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.4.7 of the Ocean Extra plugin. Site administrators are strongly advised to update to this version immediately. The update includes fixes for multiple security issues reported by Wordfence on April 11th, 2025 (WordPress Plugin).