CVE-2025-11522

CRITICAL 9.8

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

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-288
Vendor	elated-themes
Product	search & go - directory wordpress theme
Published	Oct 9, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

Elated-Themes / Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme

0 ≤ 2.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh (from VCI - VNPT Cyber Immunity)