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SCA: security update for web2py (GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433906

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2016-3954)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jr83-vr4j-mp6p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433906

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3954

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3954

cwe: CWE-200