CVE-2012-5806
The PayPal Payments Pro module in Zen Cart does not verify that the server hostname matches a...
The PayPal Payments Pro module 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, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5805.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The PayPal Payments Pro module 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, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5805.
- Record
CVE-2012-5806- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The PayPal Payments Pro module 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, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5805.
- Record
CVE-2012-5806- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5686 No score
The PayPal Payments Pro module 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, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5805.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5686- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53gj-9whr-cq2f No score
The PayPal Payments Pro module in Zen Cart does not verify that the server hostname matches a...
The PayPal Payments Pro module 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, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5805.
- Record
GHSA-53gj-9whr-cq2f- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5806 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Paypal Payments Pro, published November 4, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.