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CVE-2008-1394

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

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.

Affected products

• Plone Cms: through 2.5.1; 2.0.5, 2.1.2, 2.1.3-rc1, 2.5, 2.5-beta1, 2.5-beta2

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
• 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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