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CVE-2025-11522: Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme <= 2.7 - Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-09 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

The Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.7. This is due to insufficient user validation in the search_and_go_elated_check_facebook_user() function This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain access to other user's accounts, including administrators, when Facebook login is enabled. CVE-2025-62064 is likely a duplicate of this CVE.

Affected products

• Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme: through 2.7

References

• https://themeforest.net/item/search-go-modern-smart-directory-theme/15365040
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da590a65-8728-4577-b6e4-ecebc2a2277d?source=cve

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