| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 696868 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+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 |
Notes
non-issue, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-bug-cve-2012-5868