Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-5789
CVE-2012-5789
Description
PayPal Payments Standard PHP Library before 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 intentional disabling of certificate-validation checks through a "FALSE" value.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:paypal:payments_standard:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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