MEDIUM 5.5 PyPI
web2py exposure of sensitive information
GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p · CVE-2016-3954
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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
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3954
- WEB https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/0820926b500a321060ef6a76ce89fd35a252f8b0
- WEB https://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957
- PACKAGE https://github.com/web2py/web2py
- WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1
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