[Full-disclosure] Paypal Bug Bounty #5 - Persistent Web Vulnerability

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Title:
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Paypal Bug Bounty #5 - Persistent Web Vulnerability


Date:
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2013-03-02


References:
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=639

PayPal Security UID: tob141irj


VL-ID:
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639


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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3.3


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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2012-06-30:     Researcher Notification & Coordination
2012-06-30:     Vendor Notification
2012-07-02:     Vendor Response/Feedback
2013-01-15:     Vendor Fix/Patch
2013-02-03:     Public Disclosure


Status:
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Published


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.
The bugs allow remote attackers to implement/inject malicious script code on 
the application side (persistent). The persistent 
vulnerability is located in the Gift & eCard module with the bound vulnerable 
titel or message parameters. Exploitation requires 
low user inter action or privileged application user account for local 
exploitation. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability 
can lead to session hijacking (admin), account steal via persistent web attack 
or stable (persistent) context manipulation.

Vulnerable Module(s):
                          [+] Send an eCard & eCard/GiftCard Listing


Vulnerable Parameter(s):
                          [+] Greeting Title
                          [+] Gretting Message


Proof of Concept:
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The persistent vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers & local 
privileged user accounts with low required user inter action.
 
For demonstration or reproduce ...

Review: Greeting Message - Listing



<textarea height=``100`` name=``limitedtextarea`` id=``greet_memo`` 
class=``f_con032txt`` onkeydown=``limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,300);`` 
onkeyup=``limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,300);``>>``<[PERSISTENT INJECTED 
SCRIPT CODE])></iframe>


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


Credits:
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Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team]  -    Ibrahim M. El-Sayed [the_storm] 
(storm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 


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