6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
57.4%
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.
whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/2012/12/17/cve-2012-5868-wordpress-342-sessions-not-terminated-upon-explicit-user-logout