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PYSEC-2026-731

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-02 14:13 - Updated: 2026-07-02 14:13

Details

Plone CMS before 3, 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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
plone	pkg:pypi/plone

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "plone",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/plone"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-1393",
    "GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv"
  ],
  "details": "Plone CMS before 3, 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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-731",
  "modified": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.921783Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.921783Z",
  "references": [
    {
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1393"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/plone/Plone"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/plone"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Plone Improper Session Management"
}

CVE-2008-1393 (GCVE-0-2008-1393)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-logi…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf	x_refsource_MISC
http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2008-03-13 00:00

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GHSA-593C-J348-F3GV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 23:39 – Updated: 2024-05-14 17:20

Summary

Plone Improper Session Management

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "Plone"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-1393"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T17:20:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-03-20T00:44:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv",
  "modified": "2024-05-14T17:20:01Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:39:38Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1393"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/plone/Plone"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf"
    },
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}

Sightings

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PYSEC-2026-731

CVE-2008-1393 (GCVE-0-2008-1393)

GHSA-593C-J348-F3GV

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