Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting web2py package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.3% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WEB2PY-271084
  • published11 Jan 2017
  • disclosed11 Jan 2017

Introduced: 11 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-4807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 web2py.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream web2py package and not the web2py package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by Reflected XSS vulnerability, which allows an attacker to perform an XSS attack on logged in user (admin).