CVE-2012-5868

NameCVE-2012-5868
DescriptionWordPress 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs696868

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1vulnerable (unimportant)
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2vulnerable (unimportant)
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1vulnerable (unimportant)
sid, trixie6.4.3+dfsg1-1vulnerable (unimportant)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant696868

Notes

non-issue, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-bug-cve-2012-5868

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