GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv
Aliases
Published
2022-05-01T23:39:38Z
Modified
2026-07-06T08:11:26Z
Summary
Plone Improper Session Management
Details

Plone CMS before 3, 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.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2024-05-14T17:20:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2008-03-20T00:44:00Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / plone

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv/GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv.json"