CVE-2025-8570

Status: DeferredCritical (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.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.64%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 49
Score date: 10/4/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1078.001 Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access95 %

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N permite explotación remota sin autenticación (T1190). La vulnerabilidad permite forjar tokens JWT válidos para asumir identidad de cualquier usuario, resultando en acceso como cuenta con privilegios administrativos (T1078.001) y potencial manipulación de cuentas (

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Password Policies Network Segmentation Multi-factor Authentication Limit Access to Resource Over Network

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Beyondcart — Beyondcart Connector^AI

CWEs

CWE-798

References

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