CVE-2025-8570 (GCVE-0-2025-8570)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 07:24 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:24
VLAI
Title
BeyondCart Connector <= 3.0.1 - Missing Configuration of JWT Secret to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via determine_current_user Filter
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
beyondcart BeyondCart Connector Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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