2026-05-13 4:26CVE-2025-9988Wordfence
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-285

Broadstreet <= 1.53.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Advertiser Creation

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.

Problem type

Affected products

broadstreetads

Broadstreet

<= 1.53.1 - AFFECTED

References

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https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-9988
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