CVE-2016-3954: Information Exposure

February 6, 2018 (updated June 21, 2019)

web2py allows remote attackers to obtain the session_cookie_key value via a direct request to examples/simple_examples/status.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3954

Code Behaviors & Features

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