CVE-2008-1393
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 remote attackers to obtain administrative privileges by sniffing the network.
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-593c-j348-f3gvPlone Improper Session Management2022-05-01ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-731Plone Improper Session Management2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
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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references (12)
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- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwordsenisa_euvd
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754enisa_euvd
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427enisa_euvd
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwordsExploitnvd
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?Exploitnvd
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