Auth bypass in Sunshine Photo Cart

CVE-2026-16561

The Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress plugin before 3.6.12 does not perform access control checks in one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the comments of images belonging to private, password-protected or otherwise access-restricted galleries.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-16561: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Sunshine Photo Cart — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16561?
CVE-2026-16561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sunshine Photo Cart, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-16561?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.