CVE-2016-3954

Publication date 6 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
web2py 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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