Vulnerability CVE-2008-1396
Published: 2008-03-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Plone CMS 3.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Plone -> Plone cms 

 References:
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/41421
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