CVE-2025-4797: Golo <= 1.7.0 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-288

Description

The Golo - City Travel Guide WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to setting an authorization cookie. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators, provided they know the user's email address. CVE-2025-54725 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

uxper Golo: through 1.7.0

References

https://themeforest.net/item/golo-directory-listing-travel-wordpress-theme/25397810
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7b56ec1-8735-4404-8069-219f5d8866d0?source=cve

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