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CVE-2008-1394

Plone CMS before 3 places a base64 encoded form of the username and password in the __ac cookie for all user accounts, w

Plone CMS before 3 places a base64 encoded form of the username and password in the __ac cookie for all user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by sniffing the network.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00798
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
plone cms<= 2.5.1
plone cmsall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI plone HIGH fixed in 3.0
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD20 Mar 2008 · 12:44 AM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41425
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