Plone CMS 3/3.0.5 Admin Account credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Plone CMS 3/3.0.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Admin Account. Executing a manipulation can lead to credentials management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1393. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Plone CMS 3/3.0.5 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Admin Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/19/2008 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1393 since 03/19/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41427) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-2540). The entries VDB-41605, VDB-41604, VDB-41603 and VDB-41591 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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03/16/2015 +2553 days 🔍
04/12/2026 +4045 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1393 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1393
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41602
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X-Force: 41427 - Plone __ac cookie admin man-in-the-middle

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 04/12/2026 15:52
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (46), 09/19/2018 08:15 (6), 04/12/2026 15:52 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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