What is CVE-2016-5941?

CVE-2016-5941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Kenexa Lms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-5941?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Ibm Kenexa Lms

CVE-2016-5941

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Kenexa_lms — versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.2
Ibm Corporation Kenexa Lms On Cloud — versions 14.0.0, 13.2.4, 13.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5941?: CVE-2016-5941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Kenexa Lms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-5941?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.