Improper authentication in SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The SureCart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.5. The passwordless one-time-code login REST route (VerificationCodeController::verify(), whose permission callback returns true) resolves an attacker-supplied login to any WordPress user, verifies a 6-digit code, and on success calls $user->login() → wp_set_auth_cookie() for a user of any role. In the affected versions this path has no per-account attempt counter, no persistent email/IP lockout or rate limit (the upstream CDN throttle is bypassable via IP rotation), and no restriction preventing high-privilege accounts from being logged in through it. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a code for any user (including an administrator) via the companion unauthenticated endpoint and brute-force the 6-digit code to obtain an authenticated session as that user, resulting in a full administrator account takeover.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SureCart | SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments | up to 4.9.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments VendorSureCart Affected up to 4.9.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120574
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq8v-x753-g2g2
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dffdcaa2-5100-48f5-9b82-e22075fd87e5?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/surecart/trunk/app/src/Controllers/Rest/VerificationCodeController.php
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/surecart/trunk/app/src/Rest/VerificationCodeRestServiceProvider.php
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/surecart/trunk/app/src/Models/User.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/surecart/#developers
More SureCart vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-06737 SureCart <= 4.2.3 - Unauthenticated Linked WordPress Account Takeover via Forged customer.updated Webhook CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-63986 WordPress SureCart plugin <= 4.7.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-83482 Stored cross-site scripting in SureCart WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-75265 Stored cross-site scripting in SureCart plugin for WordPress CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-41251 WordPress SureCart plugin <= 4.3.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-29559 WordPress SureCart plugin <= 2.29.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-120574 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120574 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wq8v-x753-g2g2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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