What is CVE-2025-8625?

CVE-2025-8625 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Copypressdev Copypress Rest Api, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-8625?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8625 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Copypressdev Copypress Rest Api

CVE-2025-8625

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 re…

EPSS: 0.006 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Copypressdev Copypress Rest Api — versions 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8625?: CVE-2025-8625 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Copypressdev Copypress Rest Api, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-8625?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8625 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.