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SureCart WordPress Plugin CVE-2026-75793

| EUVDEUVD-2026-72063 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-09-06 WPScan GHSA-p8hf-xhq2-r8h2
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify WordPress site with registration disabled
  2. Delivery
    Send account-creation request to SureCart endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Plugin skips registration gate check
  4. Execution
    WordPress account provisioned
  5. Persist
    Receive authenticated session cookie
  6. Impact
    Access restricted authenticated content

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – 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

SureCart 0 <4.7.0

Affected Packages

euvd surecart fix: 4.7.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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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

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-accessible unauthenticated exploitation; impact limited to subscriber-level account creation and associated content access, no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 06, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 06, 2026 - 08:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 06, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5
CVE Published
Sep 06, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
growing WordPress e-commerce plugin, not dominant market share
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

52
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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