CVE-2025-62892
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin that allows attackers to access functionality not properly constrained by access controls. It affects all versions up to and including 3.5.3, potentially enabling unauthorized actions on affected WordPress sites.
💻 Affected Systems
- Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could gain administrative privileges, modify or delete all photo galleries, access customer data, or inject malicious code into the site.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users could view, modify, or delete photo galleries they shouldn't have access to, potentially exposing sensitive customer photos or order information.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and web application firewalls, impact would be limited to the specific WordPress instance with reduced lateral movement potential.
🎯 Exploit Status
While no public PoC exists, broken access control vulnerabilities are commonly exploited and weaponization is likely given the high CVSS score and WordPress plugin popularity.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.5.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Sunshine Photo Cart and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify update to version 3.5.4 or later.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate sunshine-photo-cart
Web Application Firewall Rule
allAdd WAF rule to block suspicious access patterns to Sunshine Photo Cart endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate WordPress instance
- Deploy web application firewall with broken access control detection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Sunshine Photo Cart versionCheck Version:
wp plugin get sunshine-photo-cart --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Sunshine Photo Cart plugin version is 3.5.4 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to /wp-content/plugins/sunshine-photo-cart/ endpoints
- Failed authorization attempts followed by successful unauthorized access
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to Sunshine Photo Cart admin endpoints from unauthorized IPs
- Unusual POST requests to plugin-specific endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/sunshine-photo-cart/*" AND (user_role!="administrator" OR user_id="0"))