CVE-2016-4807

medium

Published 2017-01-11 · Modified 2025-04-21

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CVSS v3

4.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.8

Description

Web2py Reflected XSS vulnerability

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

58%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39821 webapps python verified

Narendra Bhati · 2016-05-16

Web2py 2.14.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	web2py	`<=2.14.5`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
web2py	web2py	`{"endIncluding":"2.14.5"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.