PT-2008-2975 · Plone · Plone Cms

Adrian Pastor + 2 · Published 2008-03-20 · Updated 2022-05-01 · CVE-2008-1394

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plone CMS versions prior to 3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain access by sniffing the network, as a base64 encoded form of the username and password is placed in the ac cookie for all user accounts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3, consider disabling the use of the ac cookie or restricting access to sensitive areas of the CMS until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1394

GHSA-MQ3Q-JJPH-RP5P

Affected Products

Plone Cms

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1394 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/plone/Plone · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41425 · Note
• http://procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf · Note