PayRange App Flaws Enable Payment Interception
PayRange's Android app accepts spoofed TLS certificates and allows JavaScript injection, letting on-path attackers steal payment data and hijack vending hardware.
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Researchers identified two vulnerabilities in version 7.0.7 of the PayRange mobile payment app, used to pay for vending machines, laundromats, and other unattended devices via Bluetooth. The first flaw (CVE-2026-13462) causes the app's WebViews to bypass Android's standard SSL trust chain, accepting any certificate—including self-signed ones—that matches loosely defined common-name and issuer rules referencing payrange.com, stripe.com, and fetlifestatus.com. This allows an attacker positioned on the network path to intercept and terminate TLS connections using a certificate they control.
The second vulnerability (CVE-2026-13461) permits JavaScript injection that can escape the WebView sandbox, enabling an attacker who has already established a man-in-the-middle position to execute arbitrary actions on the user's device. Combined, these flaws allow interception of any data a user submits through the app—including exchanges with PayRange and Stripe backend services—and, in the case of machine operators, could allow injected code to issue commands to PayRange hardware with full operator privileges.
CERT/CC was unable to reach the vendor to coordinate disclosure, so no patch is confirmed available at this time. Users and operators are advised to apply any available updates from their hardware or software vendors and to be cautious of untrusted networks when using the app.
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Source reporting: https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/152953
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