Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-1393
critical
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41427
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded