MEDIUM4.5

PYSEC-2026-1061

Web2py Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1061 — web2py: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'web2py>=2.14.6'

Details

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.

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Affected packages

PyPI/web2py

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.14.6

Fixpip install --upgrade 'web2py>=2.14.6'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4808[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/web2py/web2py[PACKAGE]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39821[WEB]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137070/Web2py-2.14.5-CSRF-XSS-Local-File-Inclusion.html[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/web2py[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp69-xcm6-ffqj[ADVISORY]