VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1428

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-03-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (aka WeeChat) 0.3.4 and earlier does not properly 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 an SSL chat server via an arbitrary certificate, related to incorrect use of the GnuTLS API.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references