| Name | CVE-2016-4808 |
| Description | Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) vulnerability, which allows an attacker to trick a logged in user to perform some unwanted actions i.e An attacker can trick an victim to disable the installed application just by sending a URL to victim. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 856127 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| web2py (PTS) | jessie | 1.99.7-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| web2py | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 856127 |
Notes
[jessie] - web2py <ignored> (Minor issue; issue in web admin interface which has no need to be used in production)
[wheezy] - web2py <no-dsa> (Minor issue; issue in web admin interface which has no need to be used in production)
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/1585
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/4bd002aee978813bc664cf186ef38ff4e8bbe1cd