# CVE-2022-4301: Sunshine Photo Cart < 2.9.15 - Reflected XSS

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser via reflected XSS in the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cppm-xp38-fh2x

## What is CVE-2022-4301?

CVE-2022-4301 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 9 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin before 2.9.15 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4301?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4301 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4301 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart <2.9.15 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4301.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Sunshine Photo Cart

- [CVE-2025-31084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31084/): WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.4.10 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-5482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5482/): Sunshine Photo Cart <= 3.4.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-47314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47314/): WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-43971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43971/): WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-30194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30194/): WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4301 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 9 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4301 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Sunshine Photo Cart. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.