CVE-2008-1393

Description

Plone CMS before 3, 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.

Affected packages (1)

• PyPI/plonefrom 0, < 3.0

References (8)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1393
• PATCHhttps://github.com/plone/Plone
• WEBhttp://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords
• WEBhttp://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?
• WEBhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
• WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427
• WEBhttp://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
• WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded