CVE-2025-8570

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Deferred - security@wordfence.com

Published

2025-09-11

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

• Beyondcart Connector (Beyondcart)

References

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