CVE-2008-1394 describes a vulnerability in Plone CMS versions prior to 3, where the __ac cookie stores base64 encoded usernames and passwords. This design flaw allows remote attackers to easily obtain user credentials by sniffing network traffic. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.