CVE-2008-1393 describes a critical vulnerability in Plone CMS versions 3.0.5 and potentially other 3.x releases, where the administrator's username and password are base64 encoded and stored in the __ac cookie. This design flaw allows remote attackers to easily obtain administrative privileges by sniffing network traffic. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.