Paypal
CVE-2024-33981
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment affecting version 1.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment affecting version 1.0. An attacker could create a specially crafted URL and send it to a victim to obtain details of their session cookie via the 'start' parameter in '/admin/mod_reports/index.php'. Affected products include: Janobe Credit Card, Janobe Debit Card Payment, Janobe Paypal. Version information: version 1.0..
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PayPal, Credit Card and Debit Card Payment affecting version 1.0. An attacker could create a specially crafted URL and send it to a victim to obtain details of their session cookie via the 'start' parameter in '/admin/mod_reports/index.php'.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
PrestaShop/paypal is an open source module for the PrestaShop web commerce ecosystem which provides paypal payment suppo
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GetAuthDetails.html.php in PayPal PHP Merchant SDK (aka merchant-sdk-php) 3.
Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the
The PayPal merchant SDK does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN)
The PayPal Payments Pro module in Zen Cart does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject
The PayPal IPN functionality in Zen Cart does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's
The PayPal module in Ubercart does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Nam
The PayPal Pro PayFlow EC module in osCommerce does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the sub
The PayPal Pro module in osCommerce does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Comm
PayPal Invoicing does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or sub
PayPal Payments Standard PHP Library 20120427 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subj
PayPal Payments Standard PHP Library before 20120427 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in t
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