CVE-2012-5868

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

WordPress 3.4.2 does not invalidate a wordpress_sec session cookie upon an administrator's logout action, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover valid session identifiers via a brute-force attack, or modify data via a replay attack.

Affected products

WordPress: 3.4.2

References

http://whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/2012/12/17/cve-2012-5868-wordpress-342-sessions-not-terminated-upon-explicit-user-logout
http://whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/2012/12/17/cve-2012-5868-wordpress-342-sessions-not-terminated-upon-explicit-user-logout

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