Title: Security Issue!
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Security Issue!

 *  [LavishDhand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lavishdhand/)
 * (@lavishdhand)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/)
 * I just came across this accidentally, a friend of mine opened my website on his
   mobile phone and the website loaded with the admin bar showing me logged in!
 * [ADMIN BAR SCREENSHOT](http://s22.postimg.org/oyopru9g1/2014_01_12_22_21_32.jpg)
 * This mobile device was using its own GPRS/3G connection and my computer was using
   my WIFI broadband what I mean is the devices were not even on the same network(
   except Internet).
 * I requested some other friends of mine to check the same. My friends were at 
   their home and offices (at different locations in my city) and they all reported
   that they saw admin bar with ME logged in.
 * The admin bar was disappeared from the other devices only when I cleared ‘all
   cache’ through w3total cache.
 * On the computer I originally log in, I cannot log out from my WordPress website.
   When I press ‘log out’, it keeps loading and loading forever. So I just clear
   the browser cache and think its logged out.
 * [BROWSER CACHE CLEANED – SCREENSHOT](http://s29.postimg.org/43iwukd1j/2014_01_12_224202.jpg)
 * I have been reporting the issue that I could not log out off my websites here—
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-out-even-a-fresh-install?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-out-even-a-fresh-install?replies=3)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-2?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-2?replies=8)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-able-to-log-out-from-my-wordpress-dashboard-after-installing-windows-81?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-able-to-log-out-from-my-wordpress-dashboard-after-installing-windows-81?replies=4)
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [LavishDhand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lavishdhand/)
 * (@lavishdhand)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/#post-4496715)
 * I have kept the w3total cache deactivated to avoid security risks. I am wondering
   if there is any solutions.
 * Please comment.
 *  [pandro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandro/)
 * (@pandro)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/#post-4496716)
 * Have you tried to set “don’t cache page for logged users”?
 *  Thread Starter [LavishDhand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lavishdhand/)
 * (@lavishdhand)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/#post-4496717)
 * That seems to have resolved the problem! Thank you very much.
 *  [leslie1019wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leslie1019wp/)
 * (@leslie1019wp)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/#post-4496718)
 * This happened to me last night! I thought it was just me. I wasn’t even logged
   in, but I went to our homepage and saw I was logged in as one of our writers (
   and she wasn’t even logged in, either.) It only lasted momentarily. When I came
   back to the homepage 10 minutes later it was gone. It was very temporary.
 * We’ve fully optimized our W3TC config, so I’ve no idea why it would have occurred.
   As I’ve continued to monitor the site, it has not recurred.
 * At least I’m not alone in this. But I cannot say it’s b’c of W3TC. I’m really
   not sure what caused it.

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## Tags

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 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [leslie1019wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leslie1019wp/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-33/#post-4496718)
 * Status: not resolved