cve-2016-3952
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-02-06 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:10
Severity ?
Summary
web2py before 2.14.1, when using the standalone version, allows remote attackers to obtain environment variable values via a direct request to examples/template_examples/beautify. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged by remote attackers to gain administrative access.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://devco.re/blog/2017/01/03/web2py-unserialize-code-execution-CVE-2016-3957/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/9706d125b42481178d2b423de245f5d2faadbf40Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4030-1/
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