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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-12-27T11:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:36:42.862Z

Reserved: 2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-5868

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-12-27T11:47:01.667

Modified: 2013-01-08T05:00:00.000

Link: CVE-2012-5868

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