CVE-2025-8570
BeyondCart Connector <= 3.0.1 - Missing Configuration of JWT Secret to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via determine_current_user Filter
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 9.8
BeyondCart Connector <= 3.0.1 - Missing Configuration of JWT Secret to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via determine_current_user Filter
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8570- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-27645 9.8
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-27645- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3j9m-4q8w-cqcp 9.8
The BeyondCart Connector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to...
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 2.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft valid tokens and assume any user’s identity.
- Record
GHSA-3j9m-4q8w-cqcp- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 9.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8570- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Nxploited/CVE-2025-8570 | 2025-09-11 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8570 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Beyondcart Connector, published September 11, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0dd4fc0-1c6a-4556-b219-893563a27a69?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/beyondcart
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3365845%40beyondcart&new=3365845%40beyondcart&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8570
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j9m-4q8w-cqcp