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SCA: security update for Plone (GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432292

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2008-1394)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3q-jjph-rp5p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432292

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1394

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1394

BID: 85086