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vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2012-5868: wordpress -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
May 15, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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