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PYSEC-2026-732

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

Details

Plone CMS 3.1.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.

Impacted products

Name	purl
plone	pkg:pypi/plone

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "plone",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/plone"
      },
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            {
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              "last_affected": "3.1.7"
            }
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        }
      ]
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  ],
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    "CVE-2008-1396",
    "GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58g"
  ],
  "details": "Plone CMS 3.1.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-732",
  "modified": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.996430Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T14:13:20.996430Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1396"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41421"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/plone/Plone"
    },
    {
      "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-hjp5-hv33-q58g"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Plone credentials stored in session cookie"
}

CVE-2008-1396 (GCVE-0-2008-1396)

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

Summary

Plone CMS 3.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2008-03-13 00:00

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GHSA-HJP5-HV33-Q58G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 23:39 – Updated: 2023-09-22 23:41

Summary

Plone credentials stored in session cookie

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "plone"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "3.1.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-1396"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-22T23:41:41Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-03-20T00:44:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58g",
  "modified": "2023-09-22T23:41:41Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:39:47Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/plone/Plone"
    },
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    },
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      "url": "http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf"
    },
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}

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PYSEC-2026-732

CVE-2008-1396 (GCVE-0-2008-1396)

GHSA-HJP5-HV33-Q58G

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