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CVE-2020-7643

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7643 describes a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the paypal-adaptive JavaScript library, versions up to 0.4.2. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate JavaScript objects, potentially adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype through a __proto__ payload. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 5.3, it is a network-based attack requiring low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a potential impact on integrity (I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:idea:paypal-adaptive:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-v3r2-3fp4-rp46medium

Prototype pollution in paypal-adaptive

Dec 10, 2021

References

github.com / Ideame/paypal-adaptive-sdk-nodejs/blob/master/lib/paypal-adaptive.js
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-PAYPALADAPTIVE-565089
ExploitThird Party Advisory