What is CVE-2016-5937?

CVE-2016-5937 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Kenexa Lcms Premier, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-5937?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Kenexa Lcms Premier

CVE-2016-5937

IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier on Cloud is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Kenexa Lcms Premier — versions 9.0, 9.2, 9.2.1
IBM Corporation Kenexa Lcms Premier On Cloud — versions 10.2.0, 9.3.0, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94390 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5937?: CVE-2016-5937 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Kenexa Lcms Premier, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-5937?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.