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SureCart Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-72062

| CVE-2026-18480 HIGH
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-09-06 WPScan GHSA-4jgg-5r84-r28r
8.8
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
    Register subscriber account on target storefront
  2. Delivery
    Query info-disclosure endpoint to enumerate admin customer ID
  3. Exploit
    Submit IDOR customer-update request substituting admin customer ID
  4. Execution
    Administrator email address changed to attacker-controlled address
  5. Persist
    Trigger WordPress password-reset to attacker email
  6. Impact
    Authenticate as administrator

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a subscriber-level WordPress account on the target site (PR:L). If open user registration is enabled - common on e-commerce storefronts using SureCart - any anonymous internet user can self-register to reach this threshold. The SureCart plugin must be installed, active, and running versions 4.0.0 through 4.6.2. No special site configuration beyond running a vulnerable SureCart version is required; the IDOR and disclosure flaws are present in default plugin operation. Exploitation is not limited by network position (AV:N) or complexity (AC:L). What limits exploitation: the attacker must hold at minimum a subscriber account, meaning sites that disable all user registration or restrict account creation to trusted parties substantially reduce exposure.

Impact

The CVSS 8.8 rating (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) is well-calibrated for this vulnerability: network reachable, low complexity, and requiring only subscriber-level access, the full attack chain results in complete administrator account compromise. The decisive risk amplifier is the paired information disclosure - without it, an attacker would need to guess or bruteforce customer IDs, but the disclosure endpoint removes that barrier entirely. With a publicly available PoC from WPScan, exploitation is easily scripted; even a mid-sized e-commerce operator in gniezno should treat this as urgent given that subscriber registration is often open on WooCommerce/SureCart storefronts. No KEV listing is noted at time of analysis, but the low barrier (one subscriber account + PoC) makes broad opportunistic exploitation likely. The A:H in the CVSS vector reflects that admin account takeover effectively disables the site's administrative capability. EPSS data is not present in the source intelligence, but PoC availability and low privilege requirement suggest elevated real-world exploitation probability.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a free subscriber account on a target WordPress/SureCart storefront, then queries the information disclosure endpoint to retrieve the administrator's SureCart customer ID and current email address. The attacker submits a crafted API request - substituting the admin's customer ID as the target - changing the administrator's registered email to an attacker-controlled address, then triggers a standard WordPress password reset to the new address, completing a full admin account takeover with no victim interaction required. A publicly available PoC from WPScan documents this exact chain.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 06, 2026

Account takeover via insecure direct object reference in the SureCart WordPress plugin (versions 4.0.0 through 4.6.2) allows any subscriber-level authenticated user to seize full control of an administrator account. The plugin's customer update endpoint validates that the requester has permission to update customers, but fails to verify that the target customer record belongs to the requesting user - enabling arbitrary cross-user email modification followed by a password reset. A compounding information disclosure flaw leaks customer identifiers and email addresses to all authenticated users, providing the enumeration primitive needed to complete the takeover chain without any additional knowledge. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists, and vendor patch 4.6.3 is available.

RemediationAI

Update the SureCart WordPress plugin to version 4.6.3 or later immediately - this is the vendor-confirmed patch. The update can be applied from the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins > SureCart > Update, or via WP-CLI with wp plugin update surecart. Reference the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/88839ada-9c59-44cb-96e6-3548e5a59b9f/) and NVD entry (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18480) for patch verification. If immediate patching is not possible, the highest-impact compensating control is to disable open user registration (Settings > General > uncheck 'Anyone can register') to prevent unauthenticated parties from obtaining the required subscriber account - note this breaks self-service registration flows. Additionally, auditing the WordPress user table and SureCart customer-to-user mappings for unexpected email changes or admin account alterations is advised to detect potential prior exploitation.

Affected VersionsENISA

SureCart 4.0.0 <4.6.3

Affected Packages

euvd surecart fix: 4.6.3

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 manages customer records separately from native WordPress user accounts, mapping SureCart customer objects to WordPress users. The flaw is an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) rooted in CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management): the authorization gate confirms the caller holds subscriber-level privileges to invoke the customer update API, but the handler applies the update to whichever customer record ID is supplied in the request body - not to the record owned by the authenticated caller. A secondary endpoint discloses customer IDs and email addresses to any authenticated WordPress user, eliminating the need for prior knowledge of target identifiers. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:unknown:surecart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses an 'unknown' vendor placeholder; the confirmed product is SureCart by SureCart Inc., versions 4.0.0 up to but not including 4.6.3.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network-exploitable IDOR requiring only subscriber account (PR:L); full admin takeover justifies C:H/I:H/A:H with no UI or elevated complexity.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 06, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 06, 2026 - 08:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 06, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 8.8
CVE Published
Sep 06, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The SureCart WordPress plugin before 4.6.3 does not ensure that the account affected by a customer update is the same account its permission check authorised, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to change another user's email address, including an administrator's, and take over that account via a password reset. It further allows an attacker-controlled customer record to be associated with an arbitrary user, and discloses customer identifiers and email addresses to any authenticated user, which together make the takeover reachable from a subscriber-level account alone.

Technical POC Analysis

The advisory lists CWE-269, but the precise technical failure is a broken object-level authorization check in the SureCart customer update flow.

Full technical POC analysis - root cause, step-by-step exploitation and patch breakdown - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

SureCart WordPress plugin versions 4.0.0-4.6.2 contain an account takeover vulnerability allowing any subscriber-level user to seize full administrator access. This affects all e-commerce sites using vulnerable versions and creates immediate risk of data theft, transaction fraud, and complete site compromise. Publicly available exploit code exists and patch 4.6.3 is available.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch: SureCart version 4.6.3 or later. Interim: restrict or disable subscriber-level account creation, enable comprehensive audit logging on all account and customer-record modifications, and monitor for abnormal privilege escalation patterns in WordPress access logs.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress e-commerce plugin, not universally deployed
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Social Media
1
Sightings
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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

64
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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