In short
- CVE-2008-1396 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting plone.
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.6% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| plone PyPI | ≤ 3.1.7
| No fix yet |
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.
NVD 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.
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