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CVE-2008-1394
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…
High7.5EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (5)
- 3754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080313 PR08-02: Plone CMS Security Research - the Art of Plowning (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- plone-accookie-mitm(41425) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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