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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:Mar 20, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 20, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.0167
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Plone
    Product
    Plone Cms

    Exploits

    http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwordshttp://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwordshttp://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High