{"cve":"CVE-2008-1393","nvd":{"published":"2008-03-20T00:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:39.273","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords","http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap/48?","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754","http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded"],"products":["plone:plone_cms"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1393","score":0.02904,"percentile":0.86966,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv","summary":"Plone Improper Session Management","modified":"2026-07-06T08:11:26.765580288Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"plone","purl":"pkg:pypi/plone","ranges":["<3.0"],"fixed":["3.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-731","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-731","summary":"Plone Improper Session Management","modified":"2026-07-06T08:00:51.643061333Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"plone","purl":"pkg:pypi/plone","ranges":["<3.0"],"fixed":["3.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}