CVE-2012-5788

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…

published November 4, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00570 · 46.1th percentile
Published
2012-11-04T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 NOV 22:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5