What is CVE-2016-5894?

CVE-2016-5894 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Commerce, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2017-03-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-5894?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Websphere Commerce

CVE-2016-5894

IBM WebSphere Commerce Enterprise, Professional, Express, and Developer 7.0 and 8.0 is vulnerable to information disclosure vulnerability. A local user could view a plain text password in a Unix console. IBM Reference #: 1997408.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-03-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Websphere Commerce — versions 7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2
IBM Corporation Websphere Commerce Enterprise — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037962 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96624 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5894?: CVE-2016-5894 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Commerce, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2017-03-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-5894?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.