Vulnerability CVE-2008-1394
Published: 2008-03-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Plone CMS Security Research - the Art of Plowning
Amir Azam, Jan F...
20.03.2008

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Plone -> Plone cms 

 References:
http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41425
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