Plone stores a password in a cookie
Published Mar 20, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.44%
Description
Plone CMS before 3 places a base64 encoded form of the username and password in the __ac cookie for all user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by sniffing the network.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01438) | 72.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.42% (0.01424) | 69.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.68% (0.00675) | 69.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.43% (0.01433) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 1.15% (0.01147) | 84.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01060) | 81.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1394 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438379 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41425 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1394
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1394
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://plone.org/about/security/overview/security-overview-of-plone | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1394 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438379 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41425 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1394 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1394 |
Change history (0)
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