# CVE-2019-7928: Magento 2 Community Edition DoS vulnerability

> An unauthenticated attacker can disrupt PayPal transactions by abusing weak brute-force defenses in the token exchange protocol.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hrg3-4q56-p2q5

## What is CVE-2019-7928?

CVE-2019-7928 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 2 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7928?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.1.0 | 2.1.18 |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.1.0 | 2.1.18 |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.2.0 | 2.2.9 |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.2.0 | 2.2.9 |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.3.0 | 2.3.2 |
| `magento/community-edition` | Packagist | From 2.3.0 | 2.3.2 |

Products: Magento Magento.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-7928?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.1.18, 2.2.9 or 2.3.2.

## Is CVE-2019-7928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-7928 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-7928 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 2 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.1.0; fixed in 2.1.18
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.1.0; fixed in 2.1.18
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.2.0; fixed in 2.2.9
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.2.0; fixed in 2.2.9
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.3.2
- magento/community-edition (Packagist): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.3.2

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7928/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7928/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7928
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7928
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-7928

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7928/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.