Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5787
CVE-2012-5787
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:paypal:merchant_sdk:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:paypal:merchant_sdk:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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