CVE-2012-5825

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.4 high

EPSS

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Published

Nov 4, 2012 (Nov 4, 2012)

Modified

Sep 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: tweepy
Products: tweepy
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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