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Case File

CVE-2016-3957

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.90% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-3957
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.90%

Original NVD 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.