What is CVE-2016-3954?

CVE-2016-3954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web2py, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-3954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Web2py

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

Affected products

Web2py
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3954?: CVE-2016-3954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web2py, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-3954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.