Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5808
CVE-2012-5808
Description
The LinkPoint module in Zen Cart 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.
Affected products
3Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfnvdExploit
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