CVE-2016-5941

MediumCVSS 5.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Kenexa LMS on Cloud could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing dot dot sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM Corporation	Kenexa LMS on Cloud	13.0; 13.1; 13.2; 13.2.2; 13.2.3; 13.2.4; 14.0.0; 14.1.0; 14.2.0

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992072Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95438Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992072Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95438Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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