{"id":50188,"date":"2025-06-09T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:02:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:15:29","slug":"cve-2025-4797-privilege-escalation-via-account-takeover-in-golo-city-travel-guide-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4797-privilege-escalation-via-account-takeover-in-golo-city-travel-guide-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4797: Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in Golo &#8211; City Travel Guide WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical security flaw, CVE-2025-4797, in the Golo &#8211; City Travel Guide WordPress Theme. This vulnerability pertains to all versions up to and including 1.7.0. This issue poses a substantial threat to the integrity of data and systems as it allows unauthenticated attackers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-51392-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-openknowledgemaps-headstart-v7\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57271\">escalate privileges<\/a> via account takeover. As a result, they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5100-a-double-free-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57272\">potentially log into the system<\/a> as any user, including administrators, given that they know the user&#8217;s email address.<br \/>\nThe breach is of significant concern due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5484-widespread-vulnerability-in-sinotrack-device-management-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62097\">widespread use of WordPress as a Content Management<\/a> System (CMS) and the popularity of the Golo &#8211; City Travel Guide theme among travel-based businesses and bloggers. The exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27528-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-apache-inlong\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56178\">vulnerability could lead to substantial data<\/a> breaches and unauthorized system access, severely affecting businesses and individuals alike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4797<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32309-potential-system-compromise-due-to-remote-file-inclusion-in-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56264\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3295188397\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Golo &#8211; City Travel Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85442\">WordPress Theme<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4800-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-masterstudy-lms-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56493\">vulnerability in question arises from the plugin&#8217;s<\/a> failure to adequately validate a user&#8217;s identity before setting an authorization cookie. This flaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-47294-critical-vulnerability-in-ncr-terminal-handler-v1-5-1-allows-user-account-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63765\">allows<\/a> an attacker with knowledge of a user&#8217;s email address to log in as that user, including administrators. This log-in occurs without the need for authentication, providing the attacker with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-47669-linux-kernel-vulnerability-allowing-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58119\">potentially unrestricted access to the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4135538625\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4366-request-smuggling-vulnerability-in-pingora-s-proxying-framework\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56575\">vulnerability might be exploited with a malicious HTTP request:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-login.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-website.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nlog=admin%40vulnerable-website.com&amp;pwd=&amp;wp-submit=Log+In&amp;redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fvulnerable-website.com%2Fwp-admin%2F&amp;testcookie=1<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This request attempts to log in as an administrator using the email address &#8220;admin@vulnerable-website.com&#8221;. The &#8220;testcookie&#8221; parameter is used to bypass the need for a password, exploiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4992-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-3dexperience-service-process-engineer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57358\">vulnerability in the process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation strategy for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4578-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-file-provider-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58837\">vulnerability is to apply the patch provided<\/a> by the vendor. If a patch is not available or cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation method. These systems can detect and block exploit attempts, providing a layer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49842-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-protected-vm-address-space\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62098\">protection until the vulnerability<\/a> can be fully patched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical security flaw, CVE-2025-4797, in the Golo &#8211; City Travel Guide WordPress Theme. This vulnerability pertains to all versions up to and including 1.7.0. This issue poses a substantial threat to the integrity of data and systems as it allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-50188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50188"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78231,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50188\/revisions\/78231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=50188"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=50188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}