CVE-2012-5825

Exp

Tweepy 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 Python httplib library.

Published: 2012-11-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5825 is rated Exploit Available (53.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5825

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5825

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% 0.60% +0.45%
2 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.15% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5825

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-2012-5825

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-5825

GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5825

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-5825 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tweepy), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5825
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5825 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tweepy), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 11, not-affected 4, DNE 3, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5825

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5825

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tweepy tweepy — cpe:2.3:a:tweepy:tweepy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5825

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