CVE-2012-5790

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

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Paypal: Payments Standard

1 product

Payments Standard

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Paypal Payments Standard	Version 20120427

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/79981

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/79981

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

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