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CVE-2008-1393

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.

Published

2008-03-20T00:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	plone	plone_cms	≤ 3	Yes
Application	plone	plone_cms	≤ 3.0.5	Yes

References

http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords Exploit ([email protected])
http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48? Exploit ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 ([email protected])
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427 ([email protected])
http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48? Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)