{"cve":"CVE-2012-5868","nvd":{"published":"2012-12-27T11:47:01.667","modified":"2026-06-16T23:47:29.500","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"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"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-5868","score":0.02723,"percentile":0.86051,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}