PayPal Mitigates XSS Vulnerability
BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 Compliance Compliance Twitter Get Permission PayPal has patched a cross-site scripting - or XSS - vulnerability in its currency conversion endpoint that, if exploited, could enable malicious JavaScript injection. The PayPal vulnerability was discovered in February 2020 by a security researcher who goes by the name Cr33pb0y, who was paid $2,900 as part of HackerOne's bug bounty program. Responding in the HackerOne forum, PayPal notes the vulnerability resulted in its currency conversion URL improperly handling user input. An attacker exploiting the vulnerability ...
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