paypal-ipn up to 2.x test_ipn improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in paypal-ipn up to 2.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation of the argument test_ipn leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-10067. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in paypal-ipn up to 2.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument test_ipn with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

paypal-ipn before 3.0.0 uses the `test_ipn` parameter (which is set by the PayPal IPN simulator) to determine if it should use the production PayPal site or the sandbox. With a bit of time, an attacker could craft a request using the simulator that would fool any application which does not explicitly check for test_ipn in production.

The bug was discovered 12/03/2014. The weakness was presented 05/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-10067 since 10/29/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1273 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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NVD Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: paypal-ipn 3.0.0

Timelineinfo

12/03/2014 🔍
10/29/2017 +1061 days 🔍
05/29/2018 +211 days 🔍
05/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2023 +1752 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 11
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-10067 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-10067
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118298

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2018 08:43
Updated: 03/17/2023 14:33
Changes: 05/30/2018 08:43 (57), 02/09/2020 15:22 (1), 03/17/2023 14:33 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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