#VU30928 Input validation error in Magento Open Source - CVE-2019-7928
Published: August 3, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30928
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7928
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Magento Open Source
Magento Open Source
Software vendor:
Adobe
Adobe
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2. By abusing insufficient brute-forcing defenses in the token exchange protocol, an unauthenticated attacker could disrupt transactions between the Magento merchant and PayPal.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.