Executive Summary

CVE-2025-69311 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress Broadstreet Ads Plugin up to version 1.52.1. It occurs due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain plugin functions, allowing unprivileged users (like subscribers or developers) to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-privileged roles. This means attackers can escalate their privileges within the plugin. [1]

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing attackers with low-level access to perform restricted actions. This poses a serious security risk to WordPress sites using the Broadstreet Ads Plugin, potentially compromising site integrity, data, and control over advertising functions until the plugin is updated to version 1.52.2 or later. [1]

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Detection Guidance

Detection of this vulnerability involves monitoring for unauthorized access attempts or privilege escalation activities related to the Broadstreet Ads Plugin up to version 1.52.1. Since the issue is due to missing authorization checks allowing unprivileged users to perform privileged actions, you should audit user roles and plugin function calls for suspicious activity. Specific commands are not provided in the resources, but general approaches include reviewing WordPress logs for unusual access patterns, checking plugin version with commands like `wp plugin list` to identify vulnerable versions, and using security plugins or tools that detect broken access control attempts. [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

The immediate mitigation step is to update the Broadstreet Ads Plugin to version 1.52.2 or later, which fully resolves the vulnerability. Until the update can be applied, users should implement the automatic mitigation rule provided by Patchstack to block exploitation attempts. Additionally, enabling auto-updates for the plugin can help ensure rapid protection against this and similar vulnerabilities. [1]

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Compliance Impact

The provided resources do not specify how this vulnerability affects compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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