CVE-2016-3954

Published: 6 February 2018

web2py before 2.14.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the session_cookie_key value via a direct request to examples/simple_examples/status. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2016-3957.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
web2py Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [code not present])
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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