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CVE-2012-5825

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00147