CVE-2012-5790
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20
Input Validation
Publication date:
04/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
PayPal Payments Standard PHP Library 20120427 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to misinterpretation of a certain TRUE value.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:paypal:payments_standard:20120427:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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