01 Record
CVE-2025-9561
AP Background 3.8.1 - 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via advParallaxBackAdminSaveSlider Function
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
AP Background 3.8.1 - 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via advParallaxBackAdminSaveSlider Function
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-12.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-10-03 11:17Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-03 18:24Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a3e39e2a4eb8b9f3f093f44f807fc980eb01732c41a337ac9f9e1508bc700eec
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4045a2b-2bbc-4335-b6d2-af7a046f1f92?source=cve
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/ap-background/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ap-background/tags/3.8.2/includes/functions.admin.php