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CVE-2025-8047VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-8047: disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme (WordPress plugin) · Untrusted Functionality Inclusion

Affects disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
disable-right-click-powered-by-pixtermeAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should immediately audit their WordPress installations to identify the presence of the disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme and pixter-image-digital-license plugins. If found, they should disable or remove these plugins until a secure update or patch is released by the developers. As a temporary mitigation, organizations can implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict loading of scripts from untrusted external sources, specifically blocking the compromised S3 bucket domain. Additionally, organizations should monitor network traffic and website behavior for unusual JavaScript activity or unexpected popups. Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) can be configured to detect and block requests to the malicious S3 bucket. It is also advisable to conduct integrity checks on all externally loaded resources and consider hosting critical JavaScript files locally to avoid reliance on third-party hosting. Organizations should subscribe to vulnerability advisories from WordPress and plugin developers to apply patches promptly once available. Finally, educating website administrators about the risks of using abandoned or unmaintained plugins can prevent similar issues in the future.

Description

The disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme through v1.2 and pixter-image-digital-license thtough v1.0 WordPress plugins load a JavaScript file which has been compromised from an apparent abandoned S3 bucket. It can be used as a backdoor by those who control it, but it currently displays an alert marketing security services. Users that pay are added to allowedDomains to suppress the popup.

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