CVE-2012-5788

Published: Nov 4, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Paypal: Ipn

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Paypal Ipn	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (4)

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79982

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79982

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Timeline

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