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GHSA-QMCC-HP63-W9M8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-09 09:30 – Updated: 2025-10-09 09:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

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  "published": "2025-10-09T09:30:22Z",
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CVE-2025-11522 (GCVE-0-2025-11522)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-09 07:23 – Updated: 2025-10-09 15:18

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

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	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://themeforest.net/item/search-go-modern-sma…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Elated-Themes	Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme	Affected: * , ≤ 2.7 (semver)

Credits

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

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-11522 (GCVE-0-2025-11522)

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