CVE-2025-8047Active Exploitation

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for affected systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD 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.

3.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-06-07: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-06-07: 1Technical Details · 2026-06-07: 106-07
Signal classification1 categories
Active Exploitation
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • CVE Brief@DailyCVEBrief
    Active Exploitation

    LOOK BACK — In 2016, a WordPress plugin hot-loaded its core JS from an S3 bucket instead of bundling it. Nine years later the vendor was gone, the bucket was up for grabs — and someone took it. CVE-2025-8047: a 9.8 supply-chain backdoor that needed no exploit code. https://t.co/zECQPjWMlW

    Post summary

    The tweet announces CVE‑2025‑8047, a 9.8‑score supply‑chain backdoor in a WordPress plugin’s S3 bucket, and reports that the backdoor is already in use without requiring an exploit.

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