The giant striker netted the game’s only goal in the second half at the Liberty Stadium.
Sorloth has had to play back-up to Christian Benteke at Selhurst Park since his £9million arrival from FC Midtjylland in January.
But he proved his worth to manager Roy Hodgson here with a calm second-half finish to send his team into the third round.
Swansea more than played their part despite Graham Potter fielding a hugely inexperienced line-up and this display should give them heart for the rest of their Championship campaign.
Hodgson had slammed the scheduling of this fixture ahead of kick-off.
The former England boss was unhappy his team’s trip to the Liberty came just 48 hours after a 2-1 defeat to Watford.
So it was no surprise to see him make nine changes and send something of a statement by naming only six substitutes.
Swansea boss Potter made 10 changes of his own and his matchday squad was dominated by academy products. The average age of the starting XI was not even 23.
If the pre-match statistics pointed to an easy Palace win, it failed to materialise in the early exchanges as Swansea’s youthful line-up played some impressive stuff.
Former Liverpool man Yan Dhanda was at the centre of it all and Dan James should have done better on two separate occasions when firing wide.
Young striker Courtney Baker-Richardson also shot over, while at the other end Palace had half chances through skipper Jason Puncheon, giant striker Sorloth, and Martin Kelly.
Dhanda was lively and his team saw shouts for a penalty – after what they saw as a Kelly handball – waved away by referee John Brooks.
It meant the two teams turned around with nothing to separate them.
James continued as he had done in the first half when the game resumed by getting into good positions but failing to convert.
He made it a hat-trick of missed opportunities by firing wide while Kelly headed an Aaron Wan-Bissaka crossover.
By that stage, Hodgson had seen enough and introduced his most experienced substitute Andros Townsend in a bid for a goal.
The former Tottenham and Newcastle winger didn’t have much of an impact though as Dhanda’s no-look pass found the lively James.
This time, the 20-year-old’s shot was blocked at close range by Palace stopper Vicente Guaita.
Finally, a goal arrived and it came from Sorloth.
The giant frontman latched on to a Jairo Riedewald pass in the left channel and did the rest, firing past Kristoffer Nordfeldt who could have done better.
Palace dominated from then on and Max Meyer saw a brutal shot saved by Nordfeldt, but by then the damage had been done.
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