CVE-2025-30855: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in the Ads by WPQuads WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-30855. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 2.0.87.1 of the plugin. The issue was publicly disclosed on March 27, 2025, and involves incorrectly configured access control security levels that could allow unauthorized access to certain plugin functionalities (Patchstack, WPScan).

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high impact to integrity (Patchstack).

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check on a function. This broken access control issue could potentially lead to unprivileged users executing higher privileged actions (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.0.88 of the Ads by WPQuads plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later immediately. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks (Patchstack).