---
id: CVE-2025-9988
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 attac…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
published: '2026-05-13'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T22:10:00.273'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9988'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/480ab377-b979-4e1c-9c7a-cf63d69ad697?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00158
epssPercentile: 0.04285
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T22:27:27.790Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.