Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8570BeyondCart Connector <= 3.0.1 - Missing Configuration of JWT Secret to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via determine_current_user Filter
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in BeyondCart Connector from beyondcart. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| beyondcart | BeyondCart Connector | 0 – through 3.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0dd4fc0-1c6a-4556-b219-893563a27a69?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/beyondcart/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3365845%40beyondcart&new=3365845%40beyondcart&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=