CVE-2012-2991

medium

Published 2012-09-19 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The PayPal (aka MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD) module before 1.1 in osCommerce Online Merchant before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to set the payment recipient via a modified value of the merchant's e-mail address, as demonstrated by setting the recipient to one's self.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oscommerce	online_merchant	`{"endIncluding":"2.3.3"}`
oscommerce	online_merchant	`2.3.0`
oscommerce	online_merchant	`2.3.1`
oscommerce	online_merchant	`2.3.2`
paypal	website_payments_standard_module	`{"endIncluding":"1.0"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.