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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-15005 · published 22 December 2025

CVE-2025-15005: Couchcms vulnerability

Couchcms · Couchcms

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.

2.9 CVSS 4.0 Low EPSS 0.46% · top 62.4% CWE-320 · CWE-320CWE-321 · CWE-321
2.9CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 2.6
0.46%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
5References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/jNNcrdrNyCvl ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/jNNcrdrNyCvl#-span--strong-proof-of-concept---strong---span- ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.337711 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.337711 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.718998 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-15005), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.