Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-15005CouchCMS reCAPTCHA config.example.php hard-coded key
Low 3.7
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in CouchCMS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in CouchCMS up to 2.4. Affected is an unknown function of the file couch/config.example.php of the component reCAPTCHA Handler. The manipulation of the argument K_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY/K_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY results in use of hard-coded cryptographic key . It is possible to launch the attack remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-321, CWE-320 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-337711 | CouchCMS reCAPTCHA config.example.php hard-coded key vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-337711 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #718998 | https://github.com/CouchCMS/CouchCMS ≤ 2.4 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key third-party-advisory
- https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/jNNcrdrNyCvl related
- https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/jNNcrdrNyCvl#-span--strong-proof-of-concept---strong---span- exploit