CVE-2025-5482: CWE-620 Unverified Password Change in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Sunshine Photo Cart plugin for WordPress suffers from a CWE-620 vulnerability where the password reset functionality does not properly validate a user-supplied key. This flaw enables authenticated attackers with low-level privileges (Subscriber and above) to change passwords of any user, including administrators, effectively escalating their privileges by taking over accounts. The vulnerability is present in all versions up to 3.4.11 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with Subscriber-level access to reset passwords of arbitrary users, including administrators, leading to full account takeover. This compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site and its user accounts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict Subscriber-level access and monitor for suspicious password reset activity. Avoid granting unnecessary privileges to low-level users.
CVE-2025-5482: CWE-620 Unverified Password Change in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers
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.
AI-Powered Analysis
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Technical Analysis
The Sunshine Photo Cart plugin for WordPress suffers from a CWE-620 vulnerability where the password reset functionality does not properly validate a user-supplied key. This flaw enables authenticated attackers with low-level privileges (Subscriber and above) to change passwords of any user, including administrators, effectively escalating their privileges by taking over accounts. The vulnerability is present in all versions up to 3.4.11 and has a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with Subscriber-level access to reset passwords of arbitrary users, including administrators, leading to full account takeover. This compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected WordPress site and its user accounts.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict Subscriber-level access and monitor for suspicious password reset activity. Avoid granting unnecessary privileges to low-level users.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-06-02T19:40:42.633Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6840335a182aa0cae2abb9d0
Added to database: 6/4/2025, 11:51:54 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:34:35 PM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 5:35:00 AM
Views: 97
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