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web2py exposure of sensitive information

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 22, 2023

Package

pip web2py (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.14.2

Patched versions

2.14.2

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 6, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 28, 2023
Last updated Nov 22, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-3954

GHSA ID

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p

Source code

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