Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1394 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Plone CMS

CVSS 0.0 - NONE

Attack vector

UNKNOWN

Attack complexity

UNKNOWN

Privileges required

UNKNOWN

Confidentiality impact

UNKNOWN

Integrity impact

UNKNOWN

Availability impact

UNKNOWN

plone

CWE-255

NVD

Published: 2008-03-20

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Plone Plone Plone CMS 2.5 Plone Plone CMS * Plone Plone CMS 2.1.2 Plone Plone CMS 2.0.5 Plone Plone CMS 2.1.3	7

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-255 - Credentials Management

References

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