Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5482Sunshine Photo Cart <= 3.4.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers from sunshinephotocart. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| sunshinephotocart | Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers | 0 – through 3.4.11 |
Weakness: CWE-620 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5311b43c-14dd-4bdd-b6d0-d6468b831968?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sunshine-photo-cart/trunk/includes/functions/account.php#L303
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3305406%40sunshine-photo-cart%2Ftrunk&old=3261773%40sunshine-photo-cart%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=