CVE-2012-5868

Published Dec 27, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

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@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.6
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3631CE91-D41D-4758-B3D2-3950BC0E2455"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References