Security Advisory

CVE-2012-5868

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-12-27 11:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-16 19:36:42
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

WordPress 3.4.2 does not invalidate a wordpress_sec session cookie upon an administrators 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.