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

published 2025-10-09 last yr. modified 2026-10-08 last mo. also EUVD-2025-33232

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-10-09)

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme

Classification

Weakness

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-11522
NVD CVE-2025-11522

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