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by boingy 4631 days ago
I've seen this on quite a few websites that use paypal. If you have ever come across a site that has a 'You are now being redirected to Paypal, please wait' page inbetween the checkout and paypal then you will probably see something similar if you quickly hit ctrl+S.

It doesn't help that Paypal themselves (https://cms.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&conte...) have tutorials with lines like: <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00">

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Some sites that use Paypal also have a form field for where to direct to upon successful purchase. Sometimes this page has a link to download the product you're meant to be purchasing.
PayPal tell you to check when you get the payment confirmation through to check the checkout ID against your own records for what the transaction should have been, but I have fixed just such vulnerabilities in my work before.
But when they redirect back, isn't easy to verify the transaction?