Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-5868 (CCN-80829)

Assigned:2012-12-20
Published:2012-12-20
Updated:2013-01-08
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:2.6 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
2.4 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
7.1 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-5868

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/2012/12/17/cve-2012-5868-wordpress-342-sessions-not-terminated-upon-explicit-user-logout

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web Site
WordPress

Source: CCN
Type: BID-57019
WordPress 'wp-login.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 889289
CVE-2012-5868 wordpress: session cookie not invalidated on explicit logout

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-wplogin-security-bypass(80829)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20125868000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20125868000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20125868000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201258680000000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20125868000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201258680000000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2012-12-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20125868000
    V
    		CVE-2012-5868 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2012-12-27
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