CVE-2008-1393

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.

Date published : 2008-03-19

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded

http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/secure-login-without-plain-text-passwords