Package: web2py
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

the following vulnerabilities were published for web2py.

CVE-2016-4806[0]:
| Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by Local File Inclusion
| vulnerability, which allows a malicious intended user to read/access
| web server sensitive files.

CVE-2016-4807[1]:
| Web2py versions 2.14.5 and below was affected by Reflected XSS
| vulnerability, which allows an attacker to perform an XSS attack on
| logged in user (admin).

CVE-2016-4808[2]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerabilities please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) ids in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4806
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4806
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4807
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4807
[2] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4808
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4808
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

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