{"id":64197,"date":"2025-08-20T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T03:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:01:49","slug":"cve-2025-8047-critical-security-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugins-pixterme-and-pixter-image-digital-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8047-critical-security-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugins-pixterme-and-pixter-image-digital-license\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8047: Critical Security Vulnerability in WordPress Plugins Pixterme and Pixter-Image-Digital-License<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity industry has recently identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-8047, affecting two popular WordPress plugins: disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme (versions up to v1.2) and pixter-image-digital-license (versions up to v1.0). This security flaw allows potential unauthorized access to the affected systems, making it a high priority issue for any website using these plugins. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52239-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-zkeacms-v4-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74565\">vulnerability stems from a compromised JavaScript file<\/a>, which has been linked to an abandoned S3 bucket and can be used as a backdoor by threat actors. Although currently the exploit displays a pop-up marketing security services, this could easily be manipulated for more malicious intent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73684\">leading to potential<\/a> system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8047<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS score 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Not required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74818\">Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2158772233\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme | Up to v1.2<br \/>\npixter-image-digital-license | Up to v1.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The affected WordPress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6679-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-bit-form-builder-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75341\">plugins load a compromised JavaScript file<\/a> from an apparently abandoned S3 bucket. This file can be used as a backdoor, providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72790\">unauthorized access<\/a> to the system. Currently, the exploit triggers an alert that markets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20136-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-cisco-secure-firewall-asa-and-ftd-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76919\">security services<\/a>, and users who pay are added to allowedDomains to suppress the popup. However, it&#8217;s important to note that the control of this backdoor could be used for more malicious purposes, which could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27043-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75342\">lead to system<\/a> compromises or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3371620917\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. The malicious actor could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55746-unauthenticated-file-manipulation-vulnerability-in-directus\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78742\">manipulate the compromised JavaScript file<\/a> to perform harmful actions. This could be achieved by modifying the alert&#8217;s JavaScript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74672\">code to execute<\/a> malicious actions instead of the usual popup:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">\/\/ Original code\nvar popup = document.createElement(&#039;div&#039;);\npopup.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;h1&gt;This site is protected by Pixterme&lt;\/h1&gt;&quot;;\ndocument.body.appendChild(popup);\n\/\/ Maliciously modified code\nvar xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();\nxhr.open(&#039;GET&#039;, &#039;\/path\/to\/sensitive\/data&#039;, true);\nxhr.send();<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the malicious actor has replaced the popup creation code with a code that sends a GET request to a sensitive endpoint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49759-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sql-server-potentially-enabling-privilege-escalation-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79193\">potentially leaking data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76630\">risk associated with this vulnerability<\/a>, users are strongly advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. This patch will likely address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41667-potential-system-compromise-via-file-access-exploitation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92193\">compromised JavaScript file<\/a> and prevent the exploit from being used as a backdoor. In the interim, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure to detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8059-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-b-blocks-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76307\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity industry has recently identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-8047, affecting two popular WordPress plugins: disable-right-click-powered-by-pixterme (versions up to v1.2) and pixter-image-digital-license (versions up to v1.0). This security flaw allows potential unauthorized access to the affected systems, making it a high priority issue for any website using these plugins. The vulnerability stems from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64197"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85405,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64197\/revisions\/85405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64197"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}