{"id":"CVE-2019-14979","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-14979","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:43:30.833Z","title":"cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart in the WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway plugin 1.6.17 for WordPress allows Parameter Tampering in an amount parameter (such as amount_1), as demonstrated by purchasing an item for lower than the intended price.","description":"cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_cart in the WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Payment Gateway plugin 1.6.17 for WordPress allows Parameter Tampering in an amount parameter (such as amount_1), as demonstrated by purchasing an item for lower than the intended price. NOTE: The plugin author states it is true that the amount can be manipulated in the PayPal payment flow. However, the amount is validated against the WooCommerce order total before completing the order, and if it doesn’t match then the order will be left in an “On Hold” state","published":"2019-08-29T19:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:19:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["woocommerce/paypal checkout payment gateway"],"epss":{"score":0.0109,"percentile":0.65206,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gkaim.com/cve-2019-14979-vikas-chaudhary/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerabilty-in-plugin/#post-11899173","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gkaim.com/cve-2019-14979-vikas-chaudhary/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vulnerabilty-in-plugin/#post-11899173","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14979","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}