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Sunshine Photo CartWordPress extension · Sunshinephotocart

CVE-2024-43971

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.2.6 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in sunshinephotocart Sunshine Photo Cart sunshine-photo-cart.This issue affects Sunshine Photo Cart: from n/a through <= 3.2.5.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sunshine Photo Cart plugin allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized input that gets stored and rendered in web pages, potentially compromising sessions of users who view the affected content.

MitigationUpdate to the latest patched version of Sunshine Photo Cart. If no update is available, implement output encoding/sanitization on all user-provided input fields and consider deploying a WAF rule to block XSS payloads as a temporary mitigation.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Sunshine Photo CartWordPress extension
Affected:< 3.2.6

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Sunshine Photo Cart plugin is installed
    Log into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check /wp-content/plugins/ directory for sunshine-photo-cart folder
    Affected if The Sunshine Photo Cart plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Check installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, find Sunshine Photo Cart in the plugins list and compare the version number against 3.2.6, or open the main plugin file (sunshine-photo-cart.php) and look for the Version header comment
    Affected if Installed version is lower than 3.2.6 (e.g., 3.2.5, 3.2.4, etc.)
  3. Identify active Sunshine Photo Cart shortcodes in content
    Search WordPress database or use a plugin to find posts/pages containing [sunshine...] shortcodes (e.g., shortcodes like [sunshine_cart], [sunshine_gallery], [sunshine_product]), or manually review pages where the photo cart is displayed
    Affected if Any Sunshine Photo Cart shortcodes are active on the site and the plugin version is below 3.2.6
  4. Inspect database for suspicious stored scripts
    Query the wp_posts table for any entries containing script tags within Sunshine Photo Cart-related content, or use phpMyAdmin/CLI to search: SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_content LIKE '%<script%' AND post_content LIKE '%sunshine%'
    Affected if Script tags are found stored in posts/pages that contain Sunshine Photo Cart functionality

If Sunshine Photo Cart plugin version is below 3.2.6 and the plugin is actively displaying content via shortcodes, the environment is likely affected by this stored XSS vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.2.6 or later
Fixed in 3.2.6
Interim mitigation

Update to the latest patched version of Sunshine Photo Cart. If no update is available, implement output encoding/sanitization on all user-provided input fields and consider deploying a WAF rule to block XSS payloads as a temporary mitigation.

Recommended fix High confidence

3.2.6

  1. Back up your WordPress site and database before making any changes
  2. Navigate to Dashboard > Plugins in WordPress admin
  3. Find Sunshine Photo Cart in the plugins list
  4. Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually upload version 3.2.6
  5. Verify the plugin updated successfully to version 3.2.6
  6. Test the affected functionality to ensure the XSS vulnerability is remediated and the site functions correctly

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Sunshine Photo Cart Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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