Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-9897

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

WordPress/Ap Backgroundinferred
Range: <=3.8.2
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ap-background

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ap-background/tags/3.8.2/includes/functions.admin.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f6f12812-3c14-41c1-b14b-af84f835a773nvd

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