CVE-2012-5796

osCommerce PayPal Pro Module - Server Certificate Hostname Validation Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The PayPal Pro module in osCommerce 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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79955

Scores

EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 43.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
oscommerce/oscommerce
paypal/paypal_pro
Published Nov 04, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026