PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway Plugin 1.6.8 on Woocommerce cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart Amount input validation ⚔ [Disputed]
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway Plugin 1.6.8 on Woocommerce. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart. Executing a manipulation of the argument Amount as part of Parameter can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-7441. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway Plugin 1.6.8 on Woocommerce and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart. The manipulation of the argument amount as part of a Parameter leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 04/02/2019. The weakness was published 03/21/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-7441 since 02/05/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/05/2019 🔍03/21/2019 🔍
03/22/2019 🔍
04/02/2019 🔍
09/20/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 152362Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2019-7441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-7441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132070
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/22/2019 09:06Updated: 09/20/2025 20:35
Changes: 03/22/2019 09:06 (55), 05/19/2020 07:46 (2), 08/04/2023 10:42 (4), 08/04/2024 23:33 (29), 09/20/2025 20:35 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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