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Open Redirect Affecting web2py package, versions [,2.12.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-WEB2PY-42084
  • published 21 Mar 2018
  • disclosed 2 Jul 2015
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 2 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-6961 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-601 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade web2py to version 2.12.1 or higher.

Overview

web2py is open source full-stack enterprise framework for agile development of secure database-driven web-based applications, written and programmable in Python.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Open Redirect in gluon/tools.py. It allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the _next parameter to user/logout.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
6.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None