MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-7441

Paypal Checkout Payment Gateway vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
5.9%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart in the WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway plugin 1.6.8 for WordPress allows Parameter Tampering in an amount parameter (such as amount_1), as demonstrated by purchasing an item for lower than the intended price. NOTE: The plugin author states it is true that the amount can be manipulated in the PayPal payment flow. However, the amount is validated against the WooCommerce order total before completing the order, and if it doesn’t match then the order will be left in an “On Hold” state
Affected vendor
Woocommerce
Affected product
Paypal Checkout Payment Gateway
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published
2019-03-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-7441

  • Confirm whether Woocommerce Paypal Checkout Payment Gateway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-7441.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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