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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-06T11:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:18:49.583Z

Reserved: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-5237

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-11-06T12:21:26.790

Modified: 2012-11-06T12:21:26.790

Link: CVE-2011-5237

cve-icon Redhat

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