CVE-2025-15005 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-15005

CouchCMS reCAPTCHA config.example.php hard-coded key

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • hiro (VulDB User)

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

CouchCMS
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

Timeline

Official Publish: December 22nd, 2025
Last Modified: February 24th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

Weaknesses (CWE)