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

Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CVE CVE-2025-8570
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published September 10, 2025
Last Updated September 26, 2025
Researcher kr0d
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug beyondcart (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.1
Patched Version
  • 3.0.2
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