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, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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)bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie6.8.1+dfsg1-1vulnerable
forky, sid6.8.3+dfsg1-1vulnerable

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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