web2py/web2py · Security
web2py exposure of sensitive information
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-3954
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor