Subscriber privilege escalation
Published Mar 25, 2026 · Updated Mar 25, 2026
Privilege escalation in Elated Themes Search & Go 2.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain higher WordPress privileges. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected function or how the theme incorrectly assigns elevated privileges. A Subscriber account is required, and the published evidence establishes higher site privileges but does not identify the resulting role.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Elated Themes Search & Go 2.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain higher WordPress privileges. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected function or how the theme incorrectly assigns elevated privileges. A Subscriber account is required, and the published evidence establishes higher site privileges but does not identify the resulting role.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24971
- Published
- Mar 25, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Elated Themes
- Product
- Search & Go
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=<= 2.8 changes=[{"at":"2.8.1","status":"unaffected"}]
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