What is CVE-2016-4807?

CVE-2016-4807 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web2py, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-4807?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-4807 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Web2py

CVE-2016-4807

Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by Reflected XSS vulnerability, which allows an attacker to perform an XSS attack on logged in user (admin).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Web2py
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4807?: CVE-2016-4807 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web2py, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-4807?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-4807 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.