Medium 4.3Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2025-9988Broadstreet <= 1.53.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Advertiser Creation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-285
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

broadstreetads Broadstreet broadstreetads:broadstreet (from the name)	through 1.53.1	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/480ab377-b979-4e1c-9c7a-cf63d69ad697?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817

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