CVE-2014-7373
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Inspire Weddings (aka com.magzter.inspireweddings) application 3.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Inspire Weddings Android app version 3.0 fails to validate X.509 certificates during SSL/TLS connections, allowing attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks by presenting fraudulent certificates. This enables sensitive data interception and server spoofing.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Inspire Weddings app is installedOn Android device: Go to Settings > Apps > Apps, or use ADB command 'adb shell pm list packages | grep -i inspire'. Check app version in app info screen under 'Version' or 'VersionName'.Affected if The app 'Magzter Inspire Weddings' or similar package containing 'inspire' and 'weddings' is installed with version 3.0 or 3 (exact version match required)
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Verify app has network permissionsDecompile APK using apktool or use 'aapt dump badging inspire_weddings.apk' to inspect AndroidManifest.xml. Look for 'android.permission.INTERNET' permission.Affected if The app has INTERNET permission, which is required for the SSL validation flaw to be exploitable over the network
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Inspect SSL certificate validation codeDecompile the APK and examine source code for SSL/TLS implementation. Search for HttpsURLConnection, TrustManager, or hostnameVerifier usage. Look for custom implementations that may bypass validation.Affected if Code contains custom TrustManager or HostnameVerifier that accepts all certificates, or lacks certificate chain validation entirely (e.g., TrustManager that only checks if certificate is not null)
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Test SSL validation behaviorUse a proxy tool like Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP with a self-signed certificate to intercept traffic from the app. Configure proxy to present an invalid/fraudulent certificate.Affected if The app successfully establishes connections through the proxy with an invalid certificate, indicating certificate validation is not occurring
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Check for certificate pinningExamine the app's network security configuration and code for certificate pinning implementation. Look for pinning libraries or custom X509TrustManager implementations.Affected if No certificate pinning is implemented, and the app accepts connections to arbitrary certificates from untrusted CAs
The environment is affected if Magzter Inspire Weddings version 3.0 is installed and the app accepts SSL connections with invalid or self-signed certificates without user warning.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper SSL certificate validation using a TrustManager that validates certificates against trusted Certificate Authorities, ideally combined with certificate pinning for enhanced security.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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