GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58gMedium
Plone credentials stored in session cookie
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/plone:<= 3.1.7
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1396
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41421
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
- http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58g