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ubuntu-cve-2015-6961

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-10-18 20:29

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

Open redirect vulnerability in gluon/tools.py in Web2py 2.9.11 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the _next parameter to user/logout.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6961	REPORT
	https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/731	REPORT
	https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/e31a099cb…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6961	REPORT

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  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:16Z"
}

CVE-2015-6961 (GCVE-0-2015-6961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-18 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/e31a099cb…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/issues/731	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-01-26 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-6961 (GCVE-0-2015-6961)

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