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

> Unauthenticated attackers can log in as any user, including administrators, by knowing the target's email address due to improper identity validation.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49q8-x2pc-39wf

## What is CVE-2025-4797?

CVE-2025-4797 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in uxper Golo - City Travel Guide WordPress Theme, published on 3 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4797?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-4797?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4797 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4797 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4797 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4797 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4797 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in uxper Golo - City Travel Guide WordPress Theme, published on 3 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4797 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: uxper Golo - City Travel Guide WordPress Theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4797/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4797/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4797
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4797
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4797

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4797/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.