The PayPal merchant SDK 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.
References
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51184 - | |
References | () http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf - Exploit | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56445 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79913 - | |
References | () https://github.com/paypal/SDKs/commit/5f2d6dd77fb4211dcde34e36f1864234526c5d64 - |
Information
Published : 2012-11-04 22:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:45
NVD link : CVE-2012-5787
Mitre link : CVE-2012-5787
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5787
JSON object : View
Products Affected
paypal
- merchant_sdk
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation