Access Control Vulnerability in Sunshine Photo Cart Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-16561

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Sunshine Photo Cart
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 August 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-16561?

The Sunshine Photo Cart plugin for WordPress, in versions prior to 3.6.12, lacks proper access control measures for certain AJAX actions. This oversight permits unauthenticated users to access and retrieve comments from images that are part of private, password-protected, or otherwise restricted galleries. Such a flaw can lead to unauthorized viewing of sensitive information, compromising the security and privacy intended for protected content.

Affected Version(s)

Sunshine Photo Cart 0 < 3.6.12

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-16561 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/25bbf054-3b3f-4d88-899e-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Farid Narimanov
WPScan
.