Plone CMS up to 2.5.1 User Account credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Plone CMS 2.0.5/2.1.2/2.1.3/2.5/2.5.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component User Account. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-1394. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone CMS 2.0.5/2.1.2/2.1.3/2.5/2.5.1 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 03/19/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1394 since 03/19/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41425). See VDB-41605, VDB-41604, VDB-41602 and VDB-41591 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 2.1.2

Timelineinfo

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03/16/2015 +2553 days 🔍
09/19/2018 +1283 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1394 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1394
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41603
X-Force: 41425 - Plone __ac cookie man-in-the-middle

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/19/2018 08:15
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (48), 09/19/2018 08:15 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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