Description
It can impact both website and the users:
- Warning error messages displayed by browsers when visiting the site
- Personal information at risk from man-in-the-middle attacks
- Reduction in trust as the site becomes insecure
- Ability for an attacker to create identical phishing website
Remediation
The process of reissuing revoked SSL certificates varies depending on the host or the certificate authority used. Please refer to the corresponding documentation.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
MongoDb Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2023-1409)
PostgreSQL Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0867)
Oracle JRE Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2003-1229)
Jenkins Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000396)
IBM WebSEAL Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-4150)