Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Broadstreet Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-9988

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Broadstreet
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 May 2026

What is CVE-2025-9988?

The Broadstreet plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to create advertisers without proper authorization checks. This security flaw stems from a missing capability verification on the create_advertiser AJAX action, making it a significant risk for unintended privilege escalation and management of advertiser accounts.

Affected Version(s)

Broadstreet 0 <= 1.53.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

greenhats
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