CVE-2016-3957

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

5%p92

Published

Feb 6, 2018 (Feb 6, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The secure_load function in gluon/utils.py in web2py before 2.14.2 uses pickle.loads to deserialize session information stored in cookies, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging knowledge of encryption_key.

Vendors: web2py
Products: web2py
Weakness: CWE-502
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.9%)

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