Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5790
CVE-2012-5790
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 products
2- cpe:2.3:a:paypal:payments_standard:20120427:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =20120427
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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