CVE-2011-5239
CiviCRM 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via SSL Certificate Hostname Mismatch
Title source: llmDescription
CiviCRM 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 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 (2)
civicrm/civicrm
4.0.5
civicrm/civicrm
4.1.1
Published
Nov 06, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026