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CVE-2010-4211
The PayPal app before 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509…
- 2.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The PayPal app before 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a PayPal web server via an arbitrary certificate.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 68% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://viaforensics.com/press-releases/viaforensics-uncovers-paypal-application-vulnerability.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20021730-245.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592782874885808.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paypal/id283646709 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://viaforensics.com/security/viaforensics-uncovers-significant-vulnerability-paypal-iphone.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- paypal-certificate-info-disclosure(63002) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4185 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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