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CVE-2016-4806

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4806 describes a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in web2py versions 2.14.5 and below, allowing an attacker to read sensitive web server files. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-39821) exists, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.14.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:web2py:web2py:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39821 · May 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1008 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/137070/Web2py-2.14.5-CSRF-XSS-Local-File-Inclusion.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/39821
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry