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WordPress Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2012-5868) - Vulnerability Database

WordPress Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2012-5868)

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.

References

CVE-2012-5868

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Severity

Low

Classification

CVE-2012-5868
CWE-200

Tags

Missing Update
Known Vulnerabilities