In case anyone is wondering:
part of holgates issue :"I've got a support ticket running with CyberSource. Basically, I'm asking them to establish merchant notification (auto e-mail) if a CVN/CVV puts the charges in 'review' status. This way, if the order is automatically returned for Zen processing, at least the merchant is notified that the charges aren't being applied and he/she might catch the order before product is shipped."
If you go to the HOP Setting in Cybersource business center and go to the notification section and put your email in the Merchant POST email box (i also had to put it in the Senders Email box), cybersource will email you all the data about the POSTed transaction including the ReviewCode and the Decsion which is ACCEPT or REVIEW (the ones i tested sent these back).
I have also found that on the page where you enter your credit card there is some javascript that gets put into the page to check things like the length of the name or credit card number and length of the ccv code. In my copy of all the code I have the names of the fields in the javascript that are referenced are not the same as the actual fields on the page. I am looking into making a change and testing it.
I am also trying to figure out from the page you enter your credit card on what all gets called and when does the info get posted to cybersource etc so I can see if there is anything I can change in the code to get it to behave the way I think it should.
If you have any insight on any of this let me know otherwise I will continue to let you know what I find out.