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Mismatched SSL Certificate

ID: mismatched-ssl-certificate

Severity: low

Author: pdteam

Tags: ssl,tls,mismatched

Description

Section titled “Description”

Mismatched certificates occur when there is inconsistency between the common name to which the certificate was issued and the domain name in the URL. This issue impacts the trust value of the affected website.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: mismatched-ssl-certificate


info:
  name: Mismatched SSL Certificate
  author: pdteam
  severity: low
  description: |
    Mismatched certificates occur when there is inconsistency between the common name to which the certificate was issued and the domain name in the URL. This issue impacts the trust value of the affected website.
  reference:
    - https://www.invicti.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/vulnerabilities/ssl-certificate-name-hostname-mismatch/
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: ssl,tls,mismatched
ssl:
  - address: "{{Host}}:{{Port}}"
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "mismatched == true"
          - "ip != host"
        condition: and


    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"CN: " + subject_cn'
# digest: 490a0046304402207ea2a073d16d46eded95b5ad1f8d9d3021f57effc6302c727e60f374a43d21fd022024d1e01ec62f8f0510f8a2726c19dd0fcfa207f6d7ce26d15034753c2033ac40:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "ssl/mismatched-ssl-certificate.yaml"

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