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Paypal IPNInput Validation

Risk 35
Severity
5.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The PayPal IPN utility 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 use of the PHP fsockopen function.

First published (updated )
CVE-2012-5788

Paypal Instant Payment NotificationInput Validation

Risk 35
Severity
5.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The PayPal IPN functionality in Zen Cart 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5806.

First published (updated )
CVE-2012-5805

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