01 Record
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 admin account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-20 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 435b67a5f3eb123f69442415bd6b9663eac74bfbbda4a626dcbe329f031819ad
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securityreason.com3754http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
- www.securityfocus.com20080313 PR08-02: Plone CMS Security Research - the Art of Plowninghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.complone-accookie-admin-mitm(41427)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427
- plone.orghttp://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords
- www.procheckup.comhttp://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
- plone.orghttp://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?