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CVE-2008-1393GHSA-593C-J348-F3GVPYSEC-2026-731

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • plonePyPI

    fixed in 3.0

References 6

securityreason.com

securityfocus.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

plone.org

procheckup.com