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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-03-20T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-11T19:57:01
Reserved: 2008-03-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-1393
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-03-20T00:44:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-11T20:33:17.720
Link: CVE-2008-1393
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Redhat Information
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CWE