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CVE-2025-9561

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-9561 describes an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the AP Background WordPress plugin, affecting versions 3.8.1 to 3.8.2. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level privileges or higher to upload malicious files, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
HovanesvnAP Background
>= 3.8.1, <= 3.8.2CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/ap-background/tags/3.8.2/includes/functions.admin.php
wordpress.org / plugins/ap-background
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4045a2b-2bbc-4335-b6d2-af7a046f1f92