CVE-2026-42776
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP Sunshine Sunshine Photo Cart allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Sunshine Photo Cart: from n/a through 3.6.7.
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 confidenceThe Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin versions up to 3.6.7 contain a missing authorization vulnerability where the plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality. This allows authenticated users to potentially perform actions outside their intended permission level due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Sunshine Photo Cart plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'Sunshine Photo Cart' in the list of active plugins.Affected if The Sunshine Photo Cart plugin is not present on the WordPress site.
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn the WordPress admin Plugins page, click on the plugin name to view details, or access the plugin's main PHP file (usually at wp-content/plugins/sunshine-photo-cart/sunshine.php) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block. Alternatively, check the readme.txt file in the plugin directory.Affected if Cannot determine the version number from the plugin files.
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Compare installed version against the vulnerable rangeCompare the identified version number to the affected range. Versions prior to 3.6.8 are vulnerable. The patched version is 3.6.8 or later.Affected if The installed version is a version number less than 3.6.8 (for example, 3.6.7, 3.6.0, 3.5.2, etc.).
The site is affected if the Sunshine Photo Cart plugin is installed and the version is below 3.6.8, as the missing authorization vulnerability exists in unpatched versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedImplement proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) on all sensitive functions and admin actions within the plugin. Update to the latest patched version when available and audit user role assignments.
Latest version after 3.6.7 (contact vendor for exact patched release)
- Upgrade Sunshine Photo Cart to the latest available version from the official WordPress plugin repository or the vendor's website
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-42776 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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