CVE-2012-5802

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The PayPal module in Ubercart 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: 2012-11-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5802 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5802

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5802

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 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.13% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.09% 0.16% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 0.09%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5802

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-2012-5802

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5802

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paypal paypal cpe:2.3:a:paypal:paypal:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubercart ubercart cpe:2.3:a:ubercart:ubercart:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5802

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