CVE-2012-5868

CVSS V2 Low 2.6 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-5868

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-12-27T11:47:01

Last Modified Date
2013-01-08T05:00:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.6

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/2012/12/17/cve-2012-5868-wordpress-342-sessions-not-terminated-upon-explicit-user-logout

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5868
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5868

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:48:13				Added to TrackCVE