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CVE-2008-1393

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2008-03-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 obtain administrative privileges by sniffing the network.

Affected Platforms

Plone Plone Cms

Weakness Type

CWE-255

References