VDB-62845 · CVE-2012-5798 · GCVE-0-2012-5798

PayPal Payflow Pro Express Checkout input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PayPal Payflow Pro Express Checkout. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-5798. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PayPal Payflow Pro Express Checkout (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The PayPal Pro PayFlow EC module in osCommerce does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject s Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

The weakness was published 11/04/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at cs.utexas.edu. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5798 since 11/04/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

PayPal

Name

Payflow Pro Express Checkout

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/04/2012 🔍
11/04/2012 +0 days 🔍
11/04/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +870 days 🔍
02/11/2018 +1055 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cs.utexas.edu
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-5798 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5798
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62845
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/11/2018 11:57
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (39), 02/11/2018 11:57 (6)
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