CVE-2025-11522 Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme <= 2.7 - Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Unauthenticated attackers can take over user accounts, including administrators, via Facebook login if enabled, due to insufficient validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11522?
CVE-2025-11522 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory WordPress Theme, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11522?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11522?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-11522 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qmcc-hp63-w9m8.