CVE-2012-5583

phpCAS before 1.3.2 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.

Published: 2014-06-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5583 is rated Low Risk (38.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5583

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 0.58% +0.43%
2 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.15% +0.09%
3 2023-03-07 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5583

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5583

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5583

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-5583 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-cas), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apereo phpcas <= 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apereo:phpcas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apereo phpcas 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apereo:phpcas:1.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
apereo phpcas 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apereo:phpcas:1.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5583

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