Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427
- http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
- http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?