CVE-2025-43918

medium

Description

SSL.com before 2025-04-19, when domain validation method 3.2.2.4.14 is used, processes certificate requests such that a trusted TLS certificate may be issued for the domain name of a requester's email address, even when the requester does not otherwise establish administrative control of that domain.

References

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43738485

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1961406

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-19

Updated: 2025-04-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00016