CVE-2008-1393
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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 admin account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative privileges by sniffing the network.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2540)
- Published
- March 20, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2540 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- plone / plone cms
References
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords(Exploit)
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?(Exploit)
- 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/41427
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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