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title: "CVE-2026-97245: SureCart - Privilege Escalation"
description: "SureCart <= 4.7.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper access control in Shop Worker role, letting attackers escalate their privileges, exploit requires attacker to have Shop Worker access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97245/
---

# CVE-2026-97245 SureCart - Privilege Escalation

SureCart <= 4.7.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper access control in Shop Worker role, letting attackers escalate their privileges, exploit requires attacker to have Shop Worker access.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.34% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97245)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

30 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-266](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 4.7.2.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97245](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97245)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/surecart/vulnerability/wordpress-surecart-plugin-4-7-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?\_s\_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/surecart/vulnerability/wordpress-surecart-plugin-4-7-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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