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
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-03-20T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T08:17:34.698Z
Reserved: 2008-03-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-1393
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-03-20T00:44:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-1393
 Redhat
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