Description
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.
Published: 2008-03-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4170 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hjp5-hv33-q58g Plone credentials stored in session cookie
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:17:34.695Z

Reserved: 2008-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1396

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-20T00:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1396

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