CVE-2026-24971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go searchgo allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Search & Go: from n/a through <= 2.8.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Elated-themes	Search And Go Theme
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/searchgo/vulnerability/wordpress-search-go-theme-2-8-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Elated-themes Elated-themes search And Go Theme Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Elated-themes Elated-themes search And Go Theme Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Elated-Themes Search & Go searchgo allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Search & Go: from n/a through <= 2.8.
Title		WordPress Search & Go theme <= 2.8 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-266
References		https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/searchgo/vulnerability/wordpress-search-go-theme-2-8-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-03-25T16:14:33.794Z

Updated: 2026-03-26T20:23:32.917Z

Reserved: 2026-01-28T09:50:41.578Z

Link: CVE-2026-24971

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-26T20:21:46.526Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-25T17:16:39.083

Modified: 2026-03-26T21:17:04.063

Link: CVE-2026-24971

Redhat

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