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Cryptographic splicing makes for a Wordpress vulnerability

Cryptographic splicing makes for a Wordpress vulnerability

Posted May 9, 2008 3:01 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Cryptographic splicing makes for a Wordpress vulnerability by martinfick
Parent article: Cryptographic splicing makes for a Wordpress vulnerability

That just forgets your password, right?  It doesn't actually allow you to log out.


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Cryptographic splicing makes for a Wordpress vulnerability

Posted May 9, 2008 4:19 UTC (Fri) by evanp (subscriber, #50543) [Link]

Subsequent HTTP requests cause your browser to prompt you to login, so yes, you are indeed
"logged out" in that sense. The server isn't notified, though, which might be what you were
asking about.

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