CVE-2025-59580
WordPress Goodlayers Core plugin < 2.1.7 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Goodlayers Core: from n/a through < 2.1.7.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Goodlayers Core plugin < 2.1.7 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Goodlayers Core: from n/a through < 2.1.7.
- Record
CVE-2025-59580- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-35430
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Goodlayers Core: from n/a through < 2.1.7.
- Record
EUVD-2025-35430- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m765-8856-f432
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows...
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Goodlayers Core: from n/a through < 2.1.7.
- Record
GHSA-m765-8856-f432- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in GoodLayers Goodlayers Core goodlayers-core allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Goodlayers Core: from n/a through < 2.1.7.
- Record
CVE-2025-59580- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-59580 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Goodlayers Core, published October 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/goodlayers-core/vulnerability/wordpress-goodlayers-core-plugin-2-1-7-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59580
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/goodlayers-core/vulnerability/wordpress-goodlayers-core-plugin-2-1-7-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m765-8856-f432