CVE-2024-49697 WordPress Sunshine Photo Cart plugin <= 3.2.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Q: What is CVE-2024-49697?

CVE-2024-49697 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 19 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Q: Is CVE-2024-49697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-49697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Medium 4.3 Published 19 Nov 2024 Updated 11 May 2026

Attackers can bypass access controls in the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-49697?

CVE-2024-49697 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart, published on 19 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart sunshine-photo-cart allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Sunshine Photo Cart: from n/a through <= 3.2.9.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49697?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-49697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v6rr-j96c-5w92.