WordPress Goodlayers Core plugin < 2.1.7 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2025-10-22 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-23 16 d ago also EUVD-2025-35430

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

GoodLayers Goodlayers Core 2.1.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 12 mo ago (2025-10-23)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

GoodLayers Goodlayers Core

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/goodlayers-core/vulnerability/wordpress-goodlayers-core-plugin-2-1-7-privilege-esca
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-59580
NVD CVE-2025-59580

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Summary