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CVE-2012-5799 Details

Description

The Canada Post (aka CanadaPost) module in PrestaShop 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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf CVEExploit
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf [email protected]Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
prestashop prestashop
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:prestashop:prestashop:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
presto-changeo canadapost
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:presto-changeo:canadapost:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5799
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-5799 Details - Not Deferred