CVE-2025-67973
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass access controls. It affects all versions up to and including 3.5.6.2, potentially enabling unauthorized access to restricted functionality or data.
💻 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 access sensitive customer photo galleries, modify orders, or manipulate administrative functions without authentication.
Likely Case
Unauthorized viewing of private photo galleries or customer data by unauthenticated users.
If Mitigated
Proper access controls would prevent any unauthorized access, limiting impact to legitimate users only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Broken access control vulnerabilities typically require minimal technical skill to exploit once the vulnerability vector is identified.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 3.5.6.2
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
3. Find Sunshine Photo Cart
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update available, deactivate and remove the plugin
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate sunshine-photo-cart
Restrict Access
allUse web application firewall rules to restrict access to plugin endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate affected WordPress instances
- Deploy web application firewall with rules to block unauthorized access attempts to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Sunshine Photo Cart versionCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=sunshine-photo-cart --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 3.5.6.2 in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to /wp-content/plugins/sunshine-photo-cart/ endpoints
- 403 errors followed by 200 success codes for restricted endpoints
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to plugin-specific endpoints from unauthenticated sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri="/wp-content/plugins/sunshine-photo-cart/*" AND status=200) AND NOT user_agent="*admin*"