Goodlayers Core < 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2025-59580
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published September 23, 2025
Last Updated November 4, 2025
Researcher Bonds
Description

The Goodlayers Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to 2.1.7 (exclusive). This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to gain administrative access to the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug goodlayers-core (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.7
Patched Version
  • 2.1.7
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