CVE-2026-18480 SureCart < 4.6.3 - Subscriber+ Administrator Account Takeover
Subscribers can take over administrator accounts by modifying email addresses due to missing authorization checks in SureCart.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-18480?
CVE-2026-18480 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown SureCart, published on 6 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18480?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18480?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-18480 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18480 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jgg-5r84-r28r.