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CVE-2008-1394

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
20/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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