CVE-2016-4808
Web2py Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-4808- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-4808- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3984 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3984- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj
Web2py Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
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 administrator into performing unwanted actions i.e An attacker can trick a victim into disable the installed application just by visiting a URL.
- Record
GHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-4808- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj
Web2py Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
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 administrator into performing unwanted actions i.e An attacker can trick a victim into disable the installed application just by visiting a URL.
- Record
GHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1061
Web2py Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
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 administrator into performing unwanted actions i.e An attacker can trick a victim into disable the installed application just by visiting a URL.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1061- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Web2py 2.14.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2016-05-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4808 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Web2py, published January 11, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.76%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in web2py 2.14.6.