Title: Cookie security
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cookie security

 *  [WPYoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjbkbklb/)
 * (@kjbkbklb)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookie-security/)
 * Hello, WordPress users!
    I am a newbie to WordPress, and I have the following
   question: is there any kind of cookie stealing protection in WordPress itself,
   or in any of the plugins? The situation is at follows: what if an attacker simply
   sniffs out my admin cookies i.e. in public unsecured Wi-Fi network, can he then
   use them to get admin access to my site? Unfortunately my site doesn’t have HTTPS.
   Is WordPress protected itself from such a simple cookie stealing/hijacking attack,
   or I should use some plugin or hack to protect it?
 * Sorry for my bad English.

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## Tags

 * [authentication](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/authentication/)
 * [cookies](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cookies/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 0 replies
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 * Last reply from: [WPYoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjbkbklb/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cookie-security/)
 * Status: not resolved

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