CVE-2016-3954

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Web2py (Web2py)

References

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