CVE-2012-5788

Published Nov 4, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The PayPal IPN utility 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 use of the PHP fsockopen function.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5668 The PayPal IPN utility 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 use of the PHP fsockopen function.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:14 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 4, 2012, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM