CVE-2016-3952

web2py before 2.14.1, when using the standalone version, allows remote attackers to obtain environment variable values via a direct request to examples/template_examples/beautify. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged by remote attackers to gain administrative access.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-255

Affected products

• Web2py (Web2py)

References

• https://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957/
• https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/9706d125b42481178d2b423de245f5d2faadbf40
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1/