CVE-2012-5791 describes a vulnerability in PayPal Invoicing where the application fails to validate the server hostname against the X.509 certificate's Common Name or subjectAltName field. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle (MitM) attackers to spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity (AC:M) and potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise (C:P/I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paypal:invoicing:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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