Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Unauthenticated PayPal callback forgery leading to…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Unauthenticated PayPal callback forgery leading to order confirmation fraud in J2Store 1.0.0-3.3.21, 4.0.0-4.0.21, 4.1.0-4.1.6 - The PayPal IPN listener's signature check (`_validateIPN()`) accepted `UNVERIFIED` and any non-`INVALID` response as valid, made its verification request with `CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER` disabled, and stored its verdict in a field nothing downstream ever checked — so processing continued regardless of the outcome. Separately, the paid-amount comparison only ran when `mc_gross` was a positive number; omitting the field from the POST body (`floatval(null) == 0`) skipped the check entirely. Combined with a merchant-configured `receiver_email` and a sequential, enumerable order id read from the `custom` field, an anonymous POST was enough to move a pending order straight to `CONFIRMED` with no payment, or force another customer's pending order to `FAILED`. `paypalv2.php` performed no amount check under any circumstances.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| j2commerce.com | J2Store extension for Joomla | 1.0.0-3.3.21; 4.0.0-4.0.21; 4.1.0-4.1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- J2Store extension for Joomla Vendorj2commerce.com Affected 1.0.0-3.3.21; 4.0.0-4.0.21; 4.1.0-4.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77999
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffqf-m6vh-866w
References
Other 1
More j2commerce.com vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56676 Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Any order can be marked Failed by anyone in J2Store… CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56276 Path traversal in j2commerce.com J2Store extension for Joomla CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56275 SQL injection in j2commerce.com J2Store extension for Joomla CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-54302 Authorization bypass in j2commerce.com J2Store extension for Joomla CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-47655 Authorization bypass in j2commerce.com J2Store extension for Joomla CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-54304 Missing authorization in j2commerce.com J2Store extension for Joomla CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-77999 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77999 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffqf-m6vh-866w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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