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Plone credentials stored in session cookie

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 22, 2023

Package

pip plone (pip)

Affected versions

<= 3.1.7

Patched versions

None

Description

Plone CMS 3.1.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 20, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Sep 22, 2023
Reviewed Sep 22, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2008-1396

GHSA ID

GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58g

Source code

https://github.com/plone/Plone
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