GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv Plone Improper Session Management
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2008-1393
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- Plone
- Severity
- High
- Reviewed
- 2024-05-14
Affected packages
• PyPI Plone: < 3.0 → fixed in 3.0
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- 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… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1393 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427 web
- https://github.com/plone/Plone package
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords web
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48? web
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 web
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf web
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded web