Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify WordPress site with registration disabled
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DeliverySend account-creation request to SureCart endpoint
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ExploitPlugin skips registration gate check
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ExecutionWordPress account provisioned
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PersistReceive authenticated session cookie
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ImpactAccess restricted authenticated content
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the target WordPress site has user registration explicitly disabled (WordPress Settings → General → 'Anyone can register' unchecked). Sites with open registration are not meaningfully affected since the bypass provides the same access a legitimate self-registration would. The attacker needs network access to the SureCart plugin's account-creation or checkout endpoint; no authentication, existing account, or special headers are required. Limiting factors include: (1) the SSVC Automatable:no assessment suggests SureCart's registration flow may involve steps (e.g., email confirmation, checkout form completion) that add friction against fully automated mass exploitation; (2) the resulting account privilege is limited to subscriber/customer level with no direct privilege escalation path from this CVE alone. Exploitation is constrained to sites that intentionally restricted registration - a deployment configuration, not a default-insecure baseline. |
| Impact | The provided CVSS 6.5 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) correctly positions this as a medium-severity issue. Network exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction, keeping the attack surface broad. However, the SSVC assessment of Automatable:no suggests some friction in the SureCart registration flow - likely email verification or checkout-step requirements - that limits fully scripted mass account creation. The resulting impact is bounded: an attacker gains subscriber-level (or SureCart customer-level) access, which yields C:L (access to order history, authenticated-only content) and I:L (unauthorized account existence in the user database). There is no direct path to privilege escalation, admin access, or data destruction from this CVE alone, which limits real-world criticality despite the low attack complexity. A publicly available PoC raises urgency for unpatched sites, but SSVC Exploitation:none and no CISA KEV listing indicate no confirmed widespread abuse at time of analysis. Sites with open registration are unaffected in practice (the control being bypassed is already inactive). Priority should be high for sites that explicitly restrict registration and handle sensitive customer PII through SureCart. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker identifies a WordPress site using SureCart where user registration is disabled (confirming the site intends to restrict account access). Using the publicly available PoC, they submit a crafted account-creation request directly to SureCart's endpoint, bypassing the WordPress registration gate. The server responds with a valid authenticated session cookie, granting the attacker logged-in access to the site at subscriber or customer privilege level - potentially exposing order history, PII in the SureCart dashboard, and any content restricted to authenticated users. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 06, 2026
Unauthenticated account registration bypass in SureCart WordPress plugin before 4.7.0 allows remote attackers to create WordPress user accounts and obtain authenticated sessions even when the site administrator has explicitly disabled user registration. The plugin fails to consult WordPress's native users_can_register site option before processing account creation through its own checkout/registration flow. A publicly available proof-of-concept exists per WPScan, and a vendor patch is available in version 4.7.0. No confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade SureCart to version 4.7.0 or later, which resolves the bypass by adding the missing users_can_register check to the plugin's account creation path. The WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1c2ea43-2643-4cdf-8dfe-e11109266f51/ and the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75793 serve as authoritative references. If immediate upgrade is not possible, a targeted compensating control is to install a WordPress security plugin (e.g., Wordfence, All In One WP Security) that rate-limits or blocks requests to SureCart's registration/checkout endpoint from unauthenticated users, or to place the checkout endpoint behind a WAF rule that blocks repeated account-creation attempts from the same IP. Note that blocking the endpoint entirely will break legitimate SureCart checkout flows, so rate-limiting is preferable to outright blocking. Administrators should also audit recently created user accounts for unauthorized registrations, particularly those created through SureCart's flow after the site registration setting was disabled.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
SureCart is a WordPress e-commerce plugin that handles its own account creation flow independently of WordPress core. The root cause is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control): the plugin's account-creation logic does not verify the WordPress site option users_can_register (or equivalent capability gate) before provisioning a new wp_user record and issuing a logged-in session cookie. WordPress core enforces this setting in its native registration endpoint (wp-login.php?action=register), but plugins that implement parallel registration paths must replicate this check independently. SureCart's checkout or signup endpoint skips this gate entirely, making the bypass trivially reproducible on any site where registration is intentionally closed. Affected CPE: cpe:2.3:a:unknown:surecart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (vendor slug 'unknown' is a placeholder; real vendor is SureCart, Inc.).
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-accessible unauthenticated exploitation; impact limited to subscriber-level account creation and associated content access, no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The SureCart WordPress plugin before 4.7.0 does not consult the site's user registration setting before creating WordPress accounts, allowing unauthenticated users to create an account and receive a logged-in session even when registration is disabled.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Account takeover via insecure direct object reference in the SureCart WordPress plugin (versions 4.0.0 through 4.6.2) al
Authentication bypass by spoofing in Brainstorm Force's SureCart WordPress plugin affects versions through 4.9.5 and, pe
Unauthenticated information disclosure in the SureCart WordPress plugin before 4.9.5 allows anonymous visitors to pull m
SQL injection in SureCart WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.2.1 allows authenticated high-privileged attackers to ext
PHP object injection in the Brainstorm Force SureCart WordPress plugin (all versions through 4.9.3) lets a low-privilege
Account takeover in the SureCart e-commerce plugin for WordPress (versions ≤ 4.2.3) lets unauthenticated attackers overw
Stored cross-site scripting in the SureCart plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 4.9.4) allows unauthentic
Privilege escalation in the SureCart WordPress plugin through version 4.7.2 allows an authenticated user who holds the l
Reflected cross-site scripting in the Brainstorm Force SureCart WordPress e-commerce plugin (all versions through 4.9.3)
Stored cross-site scripting in the SureCart WordPress plugin through 4.9.5 lets an authenticated attacker persist malici
Missing authorization controls in SureCart WordPress plugin versions up to 4.0.2 allow authenticated attackers to access
Stored cross-site scripting in the Brainstorm Force SureCart WordPress plugin (all versions through 4.9.5) allows an aut
EUVD-2026-72063
GHSA-p8hf-xhq2-r8h2
NVD
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