Plone Improper Session Management
Plone CMS before 3, places a base64 encoded form of the username and password in the `__ac` cookie for the admin account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative privileges by sniffing the network.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-1393US | high10.0 | — | ||
Plone CMS 3.0.5, and probably other 3.x versions, places a base64 encoded form of the username and password in the __ac cookie for the admin account, which makes it easier for remo… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwordsWEB
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?WEB
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754WEB
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdfWEB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threadedWEB
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427WEB
- https://github.com/plone/PlonePACKAGE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1393ADVISORY
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