CVE-2016-3953 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in web2py before version 2.14.2, specifically within its sample web application. This flaw stems from the use of a hardcoded encryption key when calling the session.connect function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB, Nuclei), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:web2py:web2py:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.