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SCA: security update for web2py (GHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434834

Description

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

 - Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) vulnerability, which
 allows an attacker to trick a logged in user to perform some unwanted actions i.e An attacker can trick an
 victim to disable the installed application just by sending a URL to victim. (CVE-2016-4808)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434834

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4808

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4808

BID: 90702

cwe: CWE-352