# CVE-2025-8625: Hardcoded credentials in Copypress Rest API

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a hard-coded JWT secret and missing file validation to upload malicious files and execute remote code.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v536-8hrh-rxx4

## What is CVE-2025-8625?

CVE-2025-8625 is a critical vulnerability in copypressdev Copypress Rest API, published on 30 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Copypress Rest API plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via copyreap_handle_image() Function in versions 1.1 to 1.2. The plugin falls back to a hard-coded JWT signing key when no secret is defined and does not restrict which file types can be fetched and saved as attachments. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can forge a valid token to gain elevated privileges and upload an arbitrary file (e.g. a PHP script) through the image handler, leading to remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-321 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8625?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-8625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Copypress Rest API 1.1 - 1.2 - Missing Configurable JWT Secret and File-Type Validation to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-8625
- https://github.com/ret0x2A/CVE-2025-8625 (github_poc): https://github.com/ret0x2A/CVE-2025-8625

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8625 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8625 is a critical vulnerability in copypressdev Copypress Rest API, published on 30 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: copypressdev Copypress Rest API. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8625/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8625/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8625
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8625
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8625

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8625/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.