GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Plone Improper Session Management
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1393 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.88%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.67% | 2.88% | +1.21% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 9.91% | 1.67% | -8.24% |
| 3 | 2025-03-01 | — | 9.91% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
GHSA-593c-j348-f3gv · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Plone Improper Session Management
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-1393 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zope-cmfplone), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 6, ignored 6, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1393 |