# CVE-2023-28843: Improper neutralization of SQL parameter in PayPal module for PrestaShop

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.16.4
- Published: 2023-03-31 · Updated: 2025-02-11

## Affected

- 202ecommerce paypal: from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.16.4

## Description

PrestaShop/paypal is an open source module for the PrestaShop web commerce ecosystem which provides paypal payment support. A SQL injection vulnerability found in the PrestaShop paypal module from release from 3.12.0 to and including 3.16.3 allow a remote attacker to gain privileges, modify data, and potentially affect system availability. The cause of this issue is that SQL queries were being constructed with user input which had not been properly filtered. Only deployments on PrestaShop 1.6 are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to module version 3.16.4. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on 202ecommerce paypal, upgrade to a fixed version (3.16.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/202ecommerce/paypal/security/advisories/GHSA-66pc-8gh8-mx7m
- https://github.com/202ecommerce/paypal/commit/2f6884ea1d0fe4b58441699fcc1d6c56c7d733eb

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