CVE Explorer
CVE-2025-9988
The Broadstreet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the create_advertiser AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.53.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create advertisers.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Broadstreet","vendor":"broadstreetads","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.53.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4592bc67336926b342b5ca808d5249fd775ce33c594f9bec7b0c865a19e80746 · sha256:30d46e7cbcd875dd… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-285","description":"CWE-285 Improper Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4592bc67336926b342b5ca808d5249fd775ce33c594f9bec7b0c865a19e80746 · sha256:30d46e7cbcd875dd… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4592bc67336926b342b5ca808d5249fd775ce33c594f9bec7b0c865a19e80746 · sha256:30d46e7cbcd875dd… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/480ab377-b979-4e1c-9c7a-cf63d69ad697?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4592bc67336926b342b5ca808d5249fd775ce33c594f9bec7b0c865a19e80746 · sha256:30d46e7cbcd875dd… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.