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Unscored CVE-2012-5790 EUVD-2012-5670GHSA-cxrf-6qjq-j3rp

PayPal Payments Standard PHP Library 20120427 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (…

Published Nov 4, 2012 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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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.

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