CVE-2012-5868

no score yetEPSS 2.7%

wordpress wordpress: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2012-12-27
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

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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