CVE-2012-5868

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.

Published: 2012-12-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5868 is rated Moderate Risk (40.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.43%). EPSS rose +1.23% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5868

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.20% 2.43% +1.23%
2 2026-06-11 0.65% 1.20% +0.55%
3 2026-03-11 — 0.65% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5868

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5868

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5868

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-5868 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5868
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5868 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 17 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 16, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5868

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5868

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5868

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