CVE-2008-1395

Plone CMS does not record users' authentication states, and implements the logout feature solely on the client side, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to reuse a logged-out session...

CVE-2008-1393

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...

CVE-2008-1396

Plone CMS 3.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...

CVE-2008-1394

Plone CMS before v3 stores a base64-encoded form of the username and password in the __ac cookie for all user accounts, enabling credential exposure via network sniffing. Root cause: insecure cookie handling that reveals credentials. Impact: remote attackers could gain access by sniffing traffic....

PR08-02: Plone CMS Security Research - the Art of Plowning

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PR08-02: Plone CMS Security Research: the Art of Plowning Product description: Plone is a ready-to-run content management system built on the powerful, and free, Zope application server. Plone is easy to set up, extremely flexible, and provides you wi...