What is CVE-2025-11522?

CVE-2025-11522 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory Wordpress Theme, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-11522?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-11522 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory Wordpress Theme

CVE-2025-11522

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: 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 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11522?: CVE-2025-11522 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go - Directory Wordpress Theme, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-11522?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-11522 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.