Golo Theme up to 1.7.0 on WordPress Setting improper authentication

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Golo Theme up to 1.7.0 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-4797. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Golo Theme up to 1.7.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-4797 since 05/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/03/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16696). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Golo Theme

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7.0

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