CVE-2019-20455
Improper Certificate Validation in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used 5.9
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
CVE-2019-20455- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
CVE-2019-20455- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2239No score
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2239- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pm77-c4q7-3fwj 5.9
Improper Certificate Validation in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
GHSA-pm77-c4q7-3fwj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 5.9
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
CVE-2019-20455- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pm77-c4q7-3fwj 5.9
Improper Certificate Validation in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK
Gateways/Gateway.php in Heartland & Global Payments PHP SDK before 2.0.0 does not enforce SSL certificate validations.
- Record
GHSA-pm77-c4q7-3fwj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
globalpayments/php-sdkPackagist | before 2.0.0 | 2.0.0 |
globalpayments/php-sdkPackagist | before 2.0.0, plus listed versions 1.0.01.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.3 Show 8 moreShow less1.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.3.01.3.11.3.21.3.3 | 2.0.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-20455 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Globalpayments Php Sdk, published February 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in globalpayments/php-sdk 2.0.0.
References
github.com/globalpayments/php-sdk/releases/tag/2.0.0
github.com/globalpayments/php-sdk/compare/1.3.3...2.0.0
winterdragon.ca/global-payments-vulnerability
github.com/globalpayments/php-sdk/pull/8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20455
github.com/globalpayments/php-sdk/pull/8/commits/c86e18f28c5eba0d6ede7d557756d978ea83d3c9
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm77-c4q7-3fwj
github.com/globalpayments/php-sdk