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CVE-2025-5482 Sunshine Photo Cart <= 3.4.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by exploiting improper key validation in the password reset functionality.

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-2025-5482?

CVE-2025-5482 is a high-severity vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers, published on 4 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-620

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5482?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart.

How do I fix CVE-2025-5482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-5482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3w3h-97p3-6xqh.

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