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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2020-7643 json

Prototype pollution in paypal-adaptive

published 2020-04-23 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-v3r2-3fp4-rp46 , EUVD-2021-2588

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

paypal-adaptive through 0.4.2 manipulation of JavaScript objects resulting in Prototype Pollution. The PayPal function could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ payload.

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/Ideame/paypal-adaptive-sdk-nodejs/blob/master/lib/paypal-adaptive.js#L31 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PAYPALADAPTIVE-565089 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm paypal-adaptive
<=0.4.2
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a paypal-adaptive

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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