# CVE-2022-45826: WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 2.9.13 - Auth. Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can bypass access controls to read or modify data in the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 13 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pm7j-cf5m-mq99

## What is CVE-2022-45826?

CVE-2022-45826 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WP Sunshine Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 13 Dec 2024. 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

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Sunshine Sunshine Photo Cart allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Sunshine Photo Cart: from n/a through 2.9.13.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45826?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45826?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45826 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45826 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WP Sunshine 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-2022-45826 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45826 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WP Sunshine Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WP Sunshine 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-2022-45826/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45826/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45826
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45826
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45826

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45826/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.