What is CVE-2016-8949?

CVE-2016-8949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-8949?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-8949 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Open Redirect in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management

CVE-2016-8949

IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management 10.0.x and 10.1.x could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain highly sensitive information or conduct further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 118836.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2017-08-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management — versions 10.0.0.0, 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2
IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management — versions 10.0.1.0, 10.1.1.0, 10.0.2.0
IBM Emptoris Supplier Lifecycle Management — versions 10.0.0.0, 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118836 (VDB Entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100222 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8949?: CVE-2016-8949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-8949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8949 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.