CVE-2025-5482 Details
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.
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin, specifically in versions through 3.4.11. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to exploit improper validation of user-supplied keys. By doing so, they can manipulate the password reset functionality to change passwords of any user, including administrators. This unauthorized password change enables attackers to gain access to the targeted accounts.
Users are advised to update the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin to version 3.4.12 or later.
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CISA-ADP
Assessed Jun 4, 2025References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-620 | Unverified Password Change | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| sunshinephotocart sunshine photo cart | < 3.4.12 |
CPE
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Change History
4 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | CISA-ADP |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |
| Jun 4, 2025 | New CVE Received | [email protected] |