Sunshine Photo Cart <= 3.4.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Sunshine Photo Cart: Free Client Photo Galleries for Photographers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.11. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user-supplied key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords through the password reset functionality, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sunshinephotocart | Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers | up to 3.4.11 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers Vendorsunshinephotocart Affected up to 3.4.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sunshinephotocart:sunshine_photo_cart:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.4.12 | Vulnerable | sunshinephotocart |
- cpe:2.3:a:sunshinephotocart:sunshine_photo_cart:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.4.12 Vulnerable ·sunshinephotocart
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5482
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3w3h-97p3-6xqh
References
More sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03939 Sunshine Photo Cart < 2.9.15 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-22354 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.4.10 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-29627 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-19967 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.1.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-31632 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-28807 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-5482 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5482 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3w3h-97p3-6xqh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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