What is GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p?

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. web2py exposure of sensitive information

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p cover?

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-3954. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p?

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p?

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p affects 1 product, including: pip/web2py:\u003c 2.14.2.

GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6pMediumCVSS 5.5

web2py exposure of sensitive information

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 14, 2022

Last Modified

November 22, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-3954 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/web2py:< 2.14.2

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3954
https://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1/
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/0820926b500a321060ef6a76ce89fd35a252f8b0
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p