CVE-2008-1393 Information

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.

Reference

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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427