CVE-2012-5868

Name	CVE-2012-5868
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	low
Debian Bugs	696868

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	jessie	4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u17	vulnerable
	jessie (security)	4.1.28+dfsg-0+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5	vulnerable
	buster	5.0.4+dfsg1-1	vulnerable
	bullseye, sid	5.2.4+dfsg1-1	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant		696868

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