CVE-2011-5237
PayPal WPS ToolKit - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via Improper Certificate Validation
Title source: llmDescription
PayPal WPS ToolKit 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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.unrest.ca/peerjacking
Scores
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
40.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
paypal/wps_toolkit
Published
Nov 06, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026