Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-9897AP Background <= 3.8.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in AP Background from hovanesvn. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The AP Background plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the advParallaxBackAdminSaveSlider function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create or modify background sliders via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
hovanesvn	AP Background	0 – through 3.8.2

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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