CVE-2016-3952 describes a vulnerability in web2py versions prior to 2.14.1, specifically in its standalone deployment. This flaw allows remote attackers to access sensitive environment variables by directly requesting the examples/template_examples/beautify endpoint, potentially leading to administrative access. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:web2py:web2py:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.