Magento 1.5 and 1.6.2 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:47:58.814Z

Reserved: 2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-5240

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-06T12:21:26.977

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-5240

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