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CVE-2012-5825

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5825 describes a vulnerability in the Tweepy library where it fails to properly validate SSL server hostnames against X.509 certificate fields. This flaw, stemming from its use of the Python httplib library, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 28/100, indicating a moderate risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community attention, with no social media discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tweepy:tweepy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tweepyFixed in: 3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5medium

Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate

May 17, 2022

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79831
cs.utexas.edu / ~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
Exploit