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CVE-2025-8570: BeyondCart Connector <= 3.0.1 - Missing Configuration of JWT Secret to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via determine_current_user Filter

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-11 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

The BeyondCart Connector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper JWT secret management and authorization within the determine_current_user filter in versions 1.4.2 through 3.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft valid tokens and assume any user’s identity.

Affected products

• BeyondCart Connector: through 3.0.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3365845%40beyondcart&new=3365845%40beyondcart&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/beyondcart/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0dd4fc0-1c6a-4556-b219-893563a27a69?source=cve

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