CWE-1465
Weakness AllowedImproper Session Invalidation after User Logout
Abstraction: Variant · Status: Incomplete
The product provides a logout functionality or otherwise attempts to end an active session for a user, but it does not properly invalidate the session upon logout.
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Notes
Maintenance · CWE 5.0 · 2026-10-28
This entry was created in CWE 5.0 to address known gaps in CWE coverage. It is not as complete as other new entries that were published in recent years. The CWE Team plans to work with the CWE community to make this entry more complete in later 5.x releases.
Content history
Suggested content related to a user not logged out from all tabs when logging out of a single tab. The submission inspired this CWE and added additional content.
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Mitigation
Ensure that user sessions are invalidated on the server-side after a client logs out or attempts to end their session. It is important that the server-side handles all session invalidation – including multiple tabs or windows, such as within a web browser - and does not rely on the client to remove or delete a session due to the possibility of adversaries capturing session identifiers or cookies for later reuse.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.