ubuntu-cve-2023-45158
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-10-16 08:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:02
Summary
Details

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in web2py 2.24.1 and earlier. When the product is configured to use notifySendHandler for logging (not the default configuration), a crafted web request may execute an arbitrary OS command on the web server using the product.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python-gluon",
            "binary_version": "2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-web2py",
            "binary_version": "2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "Requires a non-default configuration to be vulnerable"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "web2py",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/web2py@2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.99.7-1",
        "2.12.3-1",
        "2.12.3-1ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An OS command injection vulnerability exists in web2py 2.24.1 and earlier. When the product is configured to use notifySendHandler for logging (not the default configuration), a crafted web request may execute an arbitrary OS command on the web server using the product.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45158",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:02:17Z",
  "published": "2023-10-16T08:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45158"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://web2py.com/init/default/download"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN80476432/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/web2py/web2py/commit/936e2260b0c34c44e2f3674a893e96d2a7fad0a3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://web2py.com/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45158"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-45158"
  ]
}



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