CVE-2012-5783

Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.8)—
Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, 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.
CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Puntuación base: 5.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 9.21%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 95
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)

Apache — Httpclient Canonical — Ubuntu Linux
CWE

CWE-295
Referencias

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